The Regime

It’s a bleak look at the ways in which power corrupts, seduces, and seesaws that will leave you howling in laughter and twitching in discomfort in the same breath. .... The Regime is a twisted triumph.

Beyond a tour de force performance from Kate Winslet, an underserved Hugh Grant and some solid support from Matthias Schoenaerts, The Regime is weighed down by an overabundance of ideas.

Watching Winslet tear into a character like this is a good enough reason to watch, though as with so many black comedies the tone is a struggle, even in the hands of experienced directors like Stephen Frears (The Queen) and Jessica Hobbs (The Crown).

I wasn’t always sure what The Regime was doing, or why, but Winslet’s work, a complex blending of physical and psychological choices, kept the series somewhere between watchable and fascinating.

Despite the first-class production design, the game efforts of the ensemble cast and some admirably big swings for the fences, “The Regime” isn’t one of those series where you to love to watch people who are terrible, a la the aforementioned “Succession” and “Veep,” or “The Sopranos” or “Breaking Bad.” In this case, we’re stuck with a group of mostly loathsome individuals who commit the cardinal sin of not being all that interesting while they’re being horrible.

Despite Winslet’s hard work – she is very serious in her wish to be funny – The Regime is toothless and joyless and easily HBO’s biggest fumble since The Idol.

Don’t throw away your vote on The Regime, a ridiculous and misguided political satire that even Kate Winslet can’t salvage.

strange start but looks interesting anyway. Super excited what happened next.

La serie es una sátira política de humor negro y drama, Kate Winslet en su personaje tiene algunas buenas actuaciones, pero la mayoría de los personajes no empatizan con nosotros lo cual hace que uno no se adentre en la serie como tal. ¡ Hasta la proxima!

Not funny enough and very weird when it gets serious. Kate Winslet delivers a performance out of her comfort zone, but the story doesn't do her justice. The plot is so obvious with its geopolitical narrative: every government is bad. And the focus between the president and the soldier was unfortunate; I didn't care about it. Still has some good and bonkers moments.

Couldn't get beyond the first episode. Pretty brutal stuff. I'm a huge Kate fan, too.... bummer.

Definitely written by ChatGPT. What a waste of the best actors and set designers in the business. The "prestige TV" cast and director interviews are the most painful part. So much sincerity, money and ceremony for a project void of meaning, or commentary on anything at all. Big, bad, expensive art insults us all.