Catherine The Great Hbo Series Review

A grand spectacle searing performance from helen mirren hbo and sky s catherine the great offers another exceptional performance from helen mirren as well as the spectacle of an historical epic.

Catherine the great hbo series review. Helen mirren is an very good actress but she should have been cast as the older catherine later in the series. She and clarke are fine if. When catherine the great came to the throne she was in her early thirties which is when the series begins. Catherine the great review mirren s labour of love lacks the magic touch the perfect actor gives a magnificent performance.

Russian empress catherine the great faces challenges to her throne on all sides as she meets the forthright and bold lieutenant grigory potemkin. From russia with love and lust helen mirren is the best thing about this hbo minseries on the rise and rising libido of russia s 18th century monarch jason clarke. Catherine the great isn t spectacularly graphic or spectacularly anything but mirren is fiery enough that nudity or superfluous thrusting aren t necessary. And yet the show around her falls flat leaning into her innate.

By kevin yeoman oct 17 2019. However in the series she is portrayed as being an older woman in her sixties. Episode 2 air. Hbo and sky s catherine the great from elizabeth i writer nigel williams is a handsome and competent production that luxuriates in every regal russian set it gets albeit.

Helen mirren rules in catherine the great jason clarke as grigory potemkin and helen mirren as the empress of russia in the hbo miniseries catherine the great robert viglasky hbo.