A self-help guru and leader of a modern-day cult develops a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop idol in this...
A self-help guru and leader of a modern-day cult develops a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop idol in this music industry drama series starring Lily-Rose Depp. Co-stars Abel Tesfaye (a.k.a. The Weeknd), who also created the series with Sam Levinson (Euphoria) and Reza Fahimi.
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41 %442 reviews"A sleazy new low for HBO."
The Telegraph"Degrading and hollow..."
The Globe and Mail"Tries too hard."
Hollywood Reporter"Way, way worse than you’d have anticipated."
Rolling Stone"Striking and sordid..."
Independent"Plays like a sordid male fantasy."
Variety"A seriously ill-conceived, cynical vanity project..."
Financial Times"Desperate to be edgy – but ends up feeling boring and, well, unsexy."
The Guardian"How can a show with so much nudity, sex, and eroticism be so bland?"
Collider"Tesfaye is pretty terrible on screen, flat and aimless."
RogerEbert.com"The Idol only pretends to expose exploitation, while actually reveling in it..."
Time Magazine"Tesfaye is pretty bad..."
Paste"It is a hopeless try-hard, and worse, it's painfully dull."
USA Today"The Idol mostly traffics in limp clichés and very, very stilted performances."
CNN"Despite the stylish directing and abundance of sex, it’s slow-moving, dull and hard to watch."
Decider"The Idol is sensational, messy, and amateur - and deeply worth watching."
Slash Film"Here is a show purporting to satirise sexual exploitation while relishing it."
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