THE GREAT - Anmeldelser

...at it best when it sublimates the eternal, tone-agnostic political dilemmas – radicalism v incremental progress, choice v force – into nonsense games of one-upmanship.

This fun, adult-oriented period piece tells of the rise of the young Catherine the Great through a successful blend of historical drama and campy, slapstick humor.

Every scene, every line of Tony McNamara’s script carries its own wicked hedonism: there is always something to enjoy that’s ruder, sillier or sharper than other shows would dare to include.

...skådespeleriet är bra (framför allt Hoult, som även var med i ”The favourite”, är väldigt rolig) och manuset både rappt och relevant.

...bjuder på storslagen underhållning.

...en sorglös och sarkastiskt skildring av det ryska hovet i slutet av 1700-talet levererad med dräpande giljotinhumor.

...et satirisk univers, der blander opstyltet kostumedrama, absurd humor og løssluppen sex med politiske konspirationer og pludselige voldsudgydelser.

...en historisk dramaserie, der hylder det absurde og groteske.

The series is a strange, funny, ridiculous, trundling carnival of ideas, genres, and characters. It is great in both size and quality—ambitious, reckless, and always a joy.

...offers oblique commentary on the dangers of letting a capricious, narcissistic, bullying man-child rule a nation...

...has quietly emerged as one of the best shows of the streaming era.

Elle Fanning absolutely carries this rip-roaring series.