Flack (TV Series) Anthony (2019) User Reviews

Excellent

[mikestevens38 · 7/10 · 20 April 2020]

Complex enough not to warrant a review after only one episode.

The facade that will destroy you each day more

[cjonesas · 8/10 · 15 August 2021]

A fast-paced, twisted, intelligent episode of a series full of messages. Too soon to assess, but I like the dark and twisted psyche of the main character, brilliantly played by Anna Paquin with lots of assurance.

Season 1 Great Season 2 is just miserably Sad

[vintagegeek-97465 · 8/10 · 23 July 2021]

Season 1 is quick, funny, witty, and jaunty; were as Season 2 is just miserably Sad with the sisters lives going down the toilet. By episode 6 in season 2 everyone's life is in shambles or worse.

Anthony

[Prismark10 · 1/10 · 24 February 2019]

A flack is an American term for a publicist.

The normal definition is to get criticism. Going from the first episode this show will get lots of deserving flack.

Robyn (Anna Paquin) is an American flack working for a London Public Relations form. Her job is not only to publicise but protect clients from bad publicity.

Robyn is a tough go-getter but she has many of her own personal issues. Sniffing cocaine is one of them.

Anthony Henderson (Max Beesley) is a television chef who needs Robyn's brand of crisis management. His family friendly image is at risk from his sex addiction. He will be exposed by a kiss and tell expose.

When Robyn gives Anthony a lecture about male privilege and then asks him why he has not tried to have sex with her. You know this is shallow, puerile stuff given what happens next. In an era of #MeToo pretty disgraceful.

Maybe that is the point of Flack. The people are self centred, shallow, screwed up and have no principles. As a bittersweet comedy, do not expect to laugh much if at all.

Full of cliches

[newred18 · 5/10 · 24 January 2021]

Now I've seeing some reviewers called this "PC garbage!" I don't know what they're talking about. It's created by a white man and the opening scene made fun of a brown gay man so I don't know what they are going on about! I just find it the same tv cliches I've seen a 100 times there's a little bit of fashion shamming towards the beginning that seemed straight ripped from The Devil wears Prada. I'm also reminded of another British show Belle De Jour because she is high powered but wow is her personal life a mess! Down to her sleeping on her sisters sofa in the first episode was straight from Belle. I'm also reminded ofthe American show dirt with Courteney Cox which also dealt with a high powered woman in the celebrity world and how her personal life was such a mess! Can't we find a new angle! Dialogue is so far uninspired and maybe the celebrity chef guy is attractive by British standards but really we're supposed to believe this guys some kind of hunk who she just can't refuse that's all been done before. ' he's the one man she can't refuse and turns her back into just a girl!' Ugh give me a break! Scandal already did this concept and better!