This can lead to movies that feel overstuffed, as if the mechanics of form were competing with the emotional heart of the film.
—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
That first episode suffers from the need to do so much heavy lifting and feels both overstuffed and overly conventional, but once all the pieces are in place, the show relaxes into itself and its actual voice emerges.
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