Just awful. I forced myself though the first episode, and half-way though the second I could not take it any more. From the first moment he opens his mouth, Piven is so horribly, unrelentingly, stunningly, and embarrassingly terrible that it was like watching a never-ending massive train wreck. I would LOVE to know what the experienced British actors were saying about him behind his back, it must have been good. The direction is equally bad. Villains twirl virtual mustaches. Nothing works. The viewing public will be blithely unaware of how relentless the CGI backgrounds are in this production; the entire thing is mostly computer-generated, and looks machine-made. Very much in keeping with most future productions of this ilk, I expect.
Review of Mr Selfridge
