Paramount Plus Godfather series is being massacred by critics

Date:
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:14:35 +0000

Description:
Paramounts look behind the scenes of The Godfather is enduring a frosty critical reception.

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Look how they massacred my series, Don Vito Corleone might say if he could
see the critical reactions to Paramount Plus latest drama, The Offer.

Airing exclusively on the burgeoning streaming service , Michael Tolkins 10-episode show re-tells the making of Francis Ford Coppola's legendary gangster movie, The Godfather, from the perspective of its ambitious
producer, Albert S. Ruddy (played by Miles Teller).But, for all the craft and style of its source material, The Offer hasnt gone down well with reviewers privy to its first few episodes.

Before we dig into the dirt, though, check out the trailer for the new Paramount Plus series below, which begins streaming on Thursday, April 28.

Lets kick off with the shows credentials on Rotten Tomatoes . According to
the review aggregator site, The Offer currently has a 47% critics rating which essentially means that over half of reviewers considered the show unworthy of recommendation (based on Rotten Tomatoes binary fresh or rotten metric).

In fairness, thats not a terrible figure as new movies and TV series go, especially when considering that the latest Sony-produced Marvel movie , Morbius, wears a comparatively shameful 16% critics rating around its neck. Still, a quick read into the substance behind The Offers negative reviews betrays a similarly frosty reception.

The Hollywood Reporters Dan Fienberg, for instance, described Paramounts latest series as an illustrated Wikipedia entry stretched illogically to 10 hours by pandering to cinema fans with endless winking and nudging, and with performances that range from likably cartoonish to Madame Tussauds in a heatwave. Not great, then.

The Playlists Rodrigo Perez was equally unimpressed : What unremarkably
ensues is a kind of broad and tacky Godfather cosplay with zero subtext, nothing to say and very little to aspire to other than telling an
increasingly self-satisfied tale of how The Godfather was made. Miles Teller stars as Albert S. Ruddy in The Offer (Image credit: Paramount Pictures)

Refreshingly, Ben Travers of Indiewire began his review with praise for the vigorous charisma of Matthew Goodes Robert Evans the Paramount studio executive responsible for ordering The Godfathers creation though he, too, took aim at The Offers overall lack of substance: [Its] a soulless, vapid piece of content thats about as far removed from art as professionally produced television can get.

IGNs Siddhant Adlakha similarly criticized the shows disconnected subplots, tensionless drama and empty Easter Eggs, while Slashfilms Josh Spiegel simply labeled The Offer a limited series that shouldve been a movie.

It would, however, be unfair to ignore the smattering of positive reviews for Paramounts latest offering. CNETs Richard Trenholm described the show as a highly watchable glimpse into the magic of movies [that] makes an offer
that's hard to refuse, also calling it a treat for movie nerds and Godfather fans.

Colliders Maggie Lovitt echoed Trenholms enthusiasm: The Offer is a nail-biting and exhilarating exploration into the making of one of the most iconic and influential films of the 20th century.

If nothing else, The Offer will inevitably prove one of 2022s more divisive series. Given that Paramount's live-action Halo adaptation wasn't similarly well received upon its first few episodes being released we said it had an "identity problem" in our review it appears that Paramount has some way to
go before it can truly compete with Netflix , Disney Plus , and company.

As mentioned, its first three episodes begin streaming this Thursday (April 28) on Paramount Plus in the US, with the remaining seven set to arrive
weekly on the same day. The show is expected to debut on Sky and Now TV in
the UK, though no release date has been confirmed as yet. Read how Paramount Plus plans to take on Netflix, Disney Plus and HBO Max



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