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Philthy Mike
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The characters are unlikeable and underdeveloped. The plot lacks any sense of pacing or continuity. We're introduced to multiple new characters every week. Many of them appear in and then vanish from the show completely for no reason. The dialogue is thunderingly awful. The plot is overstuffed and full of

The still lifes would be worthwhile (or not) regardless of whether they were painted by Hitler. Do you refuse to listen to the Beatles because George didn't recycle?

I'll be checking this one out this weekend. I'm a huge fan of Polanski's work and I love the premise.

I have a very high tolerance for rough content in film, and in my 20s I'd actually seek out movies like A Serbian Film as more of an endurance test than anything else.