Z: The Beginning of Everything
Amazon Prime | Prime Video | Amazon Prime Video | Release Date: November 3, 2015
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Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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ColliderAllison KeeneJan 25, 2017
Season 1 Review: Ultimately Z: The Beginning of Everything is low-fi, escapist television that houses a serviceable biography with a fair amount of style, even though] its TV series format feels a little like a missed opportunity to tell the story in a different way. Read full review
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CNNBrian LowryJan 28, 2017
Season 1 Review: Ricci is certainly convincing as a Southern Belle, and she helps make "Z" reasonably watchable. But when Scott grumbles in a later episode -- well before publishing "The Great Gatsy" -- "What if I never finish anything again?," there's a question whether, as a viewer, it's worth hanging around long enough to see him do it. Read full review
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The Huffington PostDavid HinckleyFeb 22, 2017
Season 1 Review: While Ricci and Hoflin play well together, the intensity of that primal force, particularly from Scott’s side, doesn’t always come across. He needs a simmering intensity. Read full review
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Yahoo TVKen TuckerJan 27, 2017
Season 1 Review: The story lacks much in the way of momentum other than the downward spiral of too much booze, too little creation of art. Z: The Beginning of Everything is a spiffy soap opera, but not much more than that. Read full review
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VarietyMaureen RyanJan 24, 2017
Season 1 Review: The show’s repetitive storytelling would be less of a problem if it had more depth, but its characterizations rarely go beyond the rudimentary, and its dialogue is often clunky. Read full review
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The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJan 26, 2017
Season 1 Review: There is exactly one sizzling moment in the 10 installments, and it has nothing to do with the couple’s supposedly fiery romance. Read full review
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Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJan 26, 2017
Season 1 Review: Ricci plays defiance with a capital D. As Scott, David Hoflin is surprisingly flat, almost generic. Like too much of Z, the specifics of his personality have been ironed out, stripped of particularities, robbed of life. Read full review
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