EPISODE
The Act - Season 1
It is a series of horrific events that we live with the Blanchard Roma. The series begins with that girl, a girl who is trying to escape the poisonous relationship she has with her mother. It seems that Blanchard finds her life with her mother impossible and that the relationship must end with that excessive arbitrary woman who turned everything upside down.
19 August 1956, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
18 July 1951, Jacksonville, Texas, USA
8 April 1963, South Bend, Indiana, USA
March 20, 2019
The Act remains oddly fascinating, perhaps especially so as the strange, sad relationship between the needy Gypsy and disturbed Nick (Calum Worthy) develops.
March 19, 2019
The show captures the level of fascination that was present in the Buzzfeed article... It serves as a great piece of additional insight into the events that transpired.
March 19, 2019
I don't know quite how to feel about The Act, about the discomfort of seeing childhood abuse dressed up on screen, even if I know it's not for gawking, even if I recognize the pull the Blanchard story has on me anyway. Perhaps that is the point.
March 20, 2019
In large part, the success of The Act so far comes down to one person: Joey King.
March 20, 2019
Arquette's performance is one for the mother-as-monster chronicles.
March 19, 2019
Even with some lags in pacing, each time I thought the story was running out of juice, it found a different gear and a different genre, all anchored by King and Arquette.
March 19, 2019
The series is so cleverly layered and edited that there are a few moments when one could be tempted to feel sorry for this terrible mother.
March 18, 2019
It's as weird as any David Lynch drama, only true, and Arquette disappears into her role with absolute conviction.
March 19, 2019
A reminder that even when you think you know a great deal about true story, there can be value in retelling it.
March 20, 2019
The scripts by Dean and Antosca and the performances by the two leads do a fine job exploring the murky power dynamic between mother and child... Both actors are terrific, but King is more likely the one people will be talking about after.