Vladimir
Season 1 Premiere:
Mar 5, 2026
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64
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4.7
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Mar 5, 2026
100
The eight-part adaptation of Julia May Jonas’s provocative 2022 debut novel of the same name has not shied away from the properties that made the book great – black comedy, bleak insight, evisceration of accepted pieties – and fitted them perfectly to the new form.
Mar 5, 2026
80
The style of the series takes a bit of getting used to – it’s fourth-wall breaking, with Weisz addressing the camera throughout and speaking in sometimes quite stilted, stagey language. But before long you fall into the rhythm of it. Think of it as Fleabag for 50-somethings.
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Mar 9, 2026
6
Some very funny moments in the first two episodes but uneven from there on out.
Mar 16, 2026
3
Even though this is billed as a romantic comedy, it’s really more of one woman’s fantasy. Rachael Weisz plays an accomplished college professor who develops an obsession with the hot new teacher (Leo Woodall). Although there are issues with her family and others, the series steadfastly clings to this fixation, with continual flashes of imaginary sexual encounters. It felt like one of those cheesy beach reads and was completely predictable. Weisz’s flat delivery and continual comments directly to camera are obtrusive and uninteresting, while Woodall simply plays the doe-eyed hunk. The only reason I suffered thru the entire series is to find out how it ends. It wasn’t worth the trouble. (8 one-hour eps).
Mar 5, 2026
75
"Vladimir" is the kind of TV show that starts at an eight and only revs up from there, fast-paced and heart-racing without any computer-generated imagery explosions or daring deeds.
Mar 6, 2026
60
Weisz’s abundant star appeal makes the show plenty watchable, however familiar the scenario might be.
Mar 5, 2026
50
The whole thing falls flat, but really, Vladimir was never able to get it up.
Mar 5, 2026
40
It flattens the complicated experience of desire into a boring and simple melodrama, sweeping its own leg pervasively over eight half-hour episodes.
Mar 5, 2026
40
Ms. Weisz is shortchanged by the material, which likely wouldn’t be improved by, say, a snappier delivery. Or a less self-absorbed M. Everyone seems to be trying too hard, with the exception of Mr. Slattery, which is why he’s the best thing here.
Mar 5, 2026
2
The very definition of media aimed at sheltered, out of touch, upper middle class liberal white women. Christy almighty I am so sick of this dreck.
