Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

courtjes Would not be surprised if Big Tobacco funded this movie. There are close-ups of various cigarette brands, virtually every scene has someone lighting up or putting out. The excessive smoking obscures some good acting. Story development not good, every episode has repetitive sex, some violence. While it is supposed to show the seamy side of NYC in the 70's, some of the characters, like the police, are over the top and almost caricatures. Overall, I find the show lacks depth, boring storyline and would not recommend it.

zpzjones New York in the 1970s when this series takes place: It's a blend of the burgeoning porn industry, legitimate prostitution and pimpery, complimented by good attention to detail as far as set design and decor. Maggie Gyllenhaal's character channels Season Hubley in two films set in Los Angeles "Hardcore"(1979) and "Vice Squad"(1982). Another good trashy prostitue performance of the early 80s was Helen Mirren in the British made "Hussy"(1980). Gyllenhaal even has a son stashed away with a nanny and she comes out of her hooker wig and costuming to visit him, almost identical to Hubley's Princess character in Vice Squad who has a daughter stashed away with a black nanny. We see black men pimping white females, though hardly pimping any black females, contrarily we never see the black pimps, or any random black trick, sampling some of the caucasian prostitutes. C'mon, this is NY in the 1970s. This was the same formula in the two Hubley films. In The Deuce we see white male clientele engaged in different avenues of sex and perversions with both white and black prostitutes. The series seems more of an expose than having a definite beginning and end. In 'Hardcore' the religious tension throughout the film has George C. Scott searching for his runaway daughter whom he finds in LA turning tricks and making porno movies, a direct contrast to Scott having raised her in Calvinist background. Scott also meets Nikki(Hubley's character) who helps guide him through a porno world he doesn't understand. In Vice Squad , Hubley, plays the Princess character who skirts the attention of a violent and murderous pimp, a scenario with not a boring moment. Mirren in Hussy plays a stripper/prostitute who has a young son and falls for a sound technician in the club where she dances. She is hampered also by her thug/bully of an ex-husband who gets out of jail and re-enters her life creating havoc. The Deuce is probably a little underwritten or would have made a better feature film. As a television series it has too many scenes that lead nowhere, lots of characters we just don't give a damn about, something other posters and critics of the show mention. Gyllenhaal's sex scenes are the most graphic which gives her the strongest of the prostitute roles. Once again her role is similar to Hubley's in Vice Squad, Hubley is hooking and putting up with the prostitution to take care of her daughter, Gyllenhall is doing the same to raise a son.

jamdub-61934 One reviewer states the show is unrealistic. He said pimps did not hang out together. He obviously has never been around the pimp game. Another reviewer says disregard negative reviews; listen to this reviewer. I doubt Simon would create a show without doing his homework, and here he has done his work -even more so than the Wire. Here in the Yay Area, better known as the Bay Area, as I hung out in Oakland and areas of SF back in the mid 70s and early 80s, pimps did hang with each other. They did hang with the masses of people in the neighborhood. They would have blended in, if not for their cars and wardrobes. My grandfather was friends with a few pimps and hoes in the 1970s. The Deuce has a gritty element that will attract anyone who longs for real feel TGV and smart programming. I can remember my dad coming back to the states after Nam, with porno flicks in the mid-70s. I snuck and watched of course. What I found interesting was the mystery behind the culture. Where was this happening? There was a time when it poked its head out from the underground with adult theaters, but the government wasn't ready for the world adult movies. It wasn't ready, because of where Adult movies were originating. They were in the big cities of NY, SF and LA and associated with pimps, hoes, hustlers and drugs; and quiet as kept some good professional actors. This show tells us where it all started. As a young adult in college in the early 80s, I had the chance to hang out all night with one of those old porn stars. He took us on a ride to a place called the Mansion in SF. We were standing at the corner or Broadway and Columbus in front of Carol Doda's. He said to us, do you like what you see. (Three women in the limo). We said hell yes! He asked us to jump in and said it was his birthday today. In today's world, getting into that limo would be considered a non-starter. The Mansion was where they shot many SF porn vids in the 70s. That night he showed us his world. It was a drug fueled, sex fueled world, which had elements of street with dope and the way the clientele looked. Definitely pimps there from what I can remember. Odd thing was everyone was very nice to us, and had a morale approach to whether we should be at this party of not. Nothing happened that night, dammit! He put us in a room with movies playing, because some lady mentioned we looked too young. They gave us beers to drink while they were all doing drugs and screwing downstairs. We would peeked out every now and then to look. He starred in several big movies in his day; his biggest was Behind the Green Door.This world is real, it was the genesis of film booth loops and it is 100% fascinating, not just as TV programming but as a history lesson. Watch it!

tubezzz I made to the middle of episode 2. the "story" (for lack of a better word) goes nowhere. i don't really care about any of the characters. especially the Franco 'twins'. There's little drama, no suspense, not even comedy. i dunno, maybe it's interesting for people who lived on 42nd in the 70's. all the sex scenes had no point, but they did make me horny. then again, if i wanted to get off i'd just watch porn.