Review of The Curse

The Curse (2023– )
6/10
I enjoyed watching it, but...
14 January 2024
I cannot really recommend The Curse to anybody. I can say there were a lot of great moments, a lot of dull moments, and it drew to an utterly insane conclusion that I enjoyed but it didn't exactly feel satisfying. Considering how uncomfortable the show truly gets to be, you want something satisfying to justify that amount of cringe. I can read into that ending sure, but I don't think there was enough to extrapolate any definite meaning from the season as a whole. It felt like a lot of ideas that were never fully fleshed out.

The acting was fantastic. I mean I love Emma Stone and she made me want to hurt Whitney at one point, that's great acting! And Bennie Safdie blew me away, he stole the scene a few times. I had no idea he could act, but there you go. Nathan Fielder can create an awkward moment like none other. I also need to mention the excellent soundtrack, which I have to assume was done by Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never).

I dunno, overall I feel like I should be giving this a higher rating. But when I think back at a lot the season I just ask, "what was the point"? There was so much set up for a payoff from another universe.
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