Released in the United States on HBO on June 4 (and available on Prime Video with the Warner pass from June 5), Idol Lily-Rose Depp plays Jocelyn, a former pop star determined to get back to the top after a tough tour in which she suffered a deep nervous breakdown. To become America’s sexiest singer again, She can count on the support of Tedos (Abel Tesfaye alias The Weeknd), a nightclub owner with a troubled past with whom she has a crazy passion. However, this love can take him to the top as well as drag him to the darkest corner of his soul.
This series, which is one of the most anticipated series of the year, is already making a lot of noise even before it is broadcast. And not necessarily for the better. Evidence with initial press reviews released Tuesday after the screening Idol at the Cannes Film Festival. “Nice mess”, thus launching journalist Renan Cros (CinemaTeaser, Tricolor) presenting the Circle Series on Canal+ on Twitter. “It’s pretty addictive when it’s a real/fake brutal Britney Spears biography, it’s really silly and embarrassing when it turns 50 Shades of Grey: Popstar Edition,” he added. “For now Idol, like Basic Instinct, It aims to thrill its audience with its seductive, vulgar and proud erotic scenes in which sex is presented as a dangerous, perverted, potentially deadly game.”written more moderately First.
A misogynistic view
“I had a great time with Idol, A brutal and very realistic film about the pretentious and misogynistic bullshit that an overly privileged kid who thinks he’s Lars von Trier can do!”ironically commented Robbie Collins of Telegram. “We witnessed a very sexist spectacle, unnecessarily extreme and flamboyant in form and very clean, reminiscent of movies like Basic Instinct as more worthless and more miserable.”point Parisian on the other hand, it highlights the impressive portrait of characters that have evolved in the pop industry.
If French journalists find certain qualities in the two episodes screened in Croisette, the American press seems shocked by certain sex scenes, such as the Lily-Rose Depp sequence with semen on her face. “The problem is that Levinson’s worldview seems distorted. Humiliation and suffering shouldn’t be necessary to make Jocelyn stronger.”analysis variation.
“With a highly sexualized, equally grounded, and often vulnerable performance to say the least, Depp is deeply captivating, uncomfortably navigating the fine lines between porn and art, the power and exploitation faced by young people.reacts on its own behalf Deadline It’s about this series, whose shooting is also the subject of intense debate.
I had a whale of a time with The Idol, a ruthless, dead post of ruthless, arrogant, misogynistic bullshit that could be made by an overly privileged kid who thinks he’s Lars von Trier! [a voice buzzes in my ear] Sorry now like this https://t.co/4vVzRYvPR4 #Cannes2023
— Robbie Collin @ Cannes (@robbiereviews) 23 May 2023
nice mess #Idol
It’s pretty gripping when it’s a brutal real/fake Britney Spears biography, it’s really silly and embarrassing when it turns into 50 Shades of Grey: Popstar Edition.
2 episodes and it’s already starting to spin…
But Lily Rose’s performance is tough. pic.twitter.com/Rd7XvTOtQoRenan Cros (@imnotgenekelly) 22 May 2023
Clara Kolodny
Source: Programme Television
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