Catherine The Great Hulu Review
Hulu takes on catherine the great in a series that s more funny than factual a new 10 part miniseries follows the exploits of the russian empress who rose to power in a coup against her own husband.
Catherine the great hulu review. The great a new hulu comedy starring elle fanning and nicholas hoult takes a farcical and fictionalized approach to the life of the famed russian empress. In some of its promotional material hulu has described its new. In some moments hulu s new satirical period drama starring elle fanning as catherine the great and nicholas hoult as emperor peter feels primed to slide too far in one direction or another. Early in the great hulu s new satire about the younger years of russian empress catherine the great her husband peter iii insists people underestimate the joy in suffering the great for.
The great tries to be irreverent and funny but fails on both accounts. It s kind of a funny story. Photo illustration by slate. A penniless teenage girl bides her time in a terrible arranged marriage until.
Elle fanning and catherine the great. In fact some of what passes for jokes on this show is downright painful to watch because it s so dark and mean spirited. Photos by hulu and kunsthistorisches museum wikimedia commons. Over the course of the series catherine is portrayed as being both incredibly intelligent and forward thinking yet ill prepared and completely out of touch with the country she presumes to rule a.