Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

mmcalifgirl Love the series! Can't wait for more! It's all familiar to me having been in my 20's during that time. Brings back memories.

robertemerald I have no real criticisms of this production. It's a tale of excessive cocaine use by a music executive and his downward spiral, which sports a beautiful array of gravitational incidents of both luck and ill luck, and very human fallibility that portrait the lead as basically a good enough fellow, though when he does something underhand the viewer is suitably and entertainingly dumbstruck by both his stupidity and his bravado. But his aim is not underhand, and a genuine love of music, and to save his company as a beacon of that music, always shines through sufficiently to help us want to watch the next episode.The soundtrack is beautiful. I personally loved the raw power of both the blues-man and the punk rocker the lead takes under his belt. New and old, the soundtrack is sophisticated and, though a tad incongruent and perhaps not always the best choice for an overlay (though usually it is), it is refreshing and also entertaining.I read some reviews that criticize the acting. The acting is brilliant. It's HBO. The characters are complicated and well-portrayed.It's odd that a story of addiction and its consequences should rivet such interest, but, like other good movies such as Blow, Scarface and Goodfellas, it does. The production is also big budget quality.My only small criticism is perhaps the cover of the DVD box, which radiates a certain serenity amid chaos and is misleading. There is no serenity and the chaos is the fun with this show. It's a tale about music and if one is a music lover you should really enjoy this. I eagerly look forward to a sequel.

lisa_mechelle I absolutely loved everything about this series and am so sad it was only one season. In my opinion, it was a work of art. The acting was superb, the story engaging and edgy, and the music was breathtaking. Clearly a labor of love by the creators. I recommend that you ignore the hateful reviews and try it for yourself. Just watched it in 2017 and loved every minute of the story.

dierregi You just cannot get a Scorsese product that isn't overlong and over-violent. Even the good idea of focusing on the music industry of the early 70s is dragged down by a sub-plot involving gangsters, homicide and gratuitous violence.The main plot is not that original, it seems inspired by Mad Men, with a couple in trouble (think Don and Betty Draper in 70s clothes) and an office environment, with a bunch of characters who could be the 70s version of Joan Holloway (Andrea Zito), Peggy Olson (Jamie Vine) and Pete Cambell (Clark Morelle).Unfortunately, following the record industry on a daily basis does not seem that much more interesting than advertising, despite the brush with rock stars. Having nowhere to go with the main plot, at least we are served plenty of mini-concerts and meetings with stars such as Lou Reed, the New York Dolls, David Bowie, etc... Unfortunately the multitude of musical encounters is not enough to fill the time, and we get a homicide thrown into the mix, together with use and abuse of cocaine and dumb policemen. Finally, the cast is not good. Cannavale as Richie Finestra makes a lot of noise every time he snorts cocaine, while everybody else can do that in silence. His character is obnoxious, Scorsese-style (egotistic macho-man) His screen wife, Olivia Wilde, is mainly useless except for nude scenes. Suburban housewives don't have much to say, even if they were Warhol's models.The young cast was probably selected thanks to nepotistic criteria, being the children of Dennis Quaid, Mick Jagger and Julien Temple. This does not make them good actors, Mr. Jagger's son being the worst of the bunch. However, the soundtrack is definitely good and that is why I give it a 3.... I am still disappointed, though, because music-wise the 70s were a great time and all we get to chronicle the times is this mess....