![]() ![]() Left, from top: Lily Collins in "Emily in Paris" (Netflix), Mackenzie Davis in "Station Eleven" (HBO Max). WATCH FOR FREE ON TUBI: Lily James in "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" What our critics are watching Featuring: Lily James, Sebastian Stan, Seth Rogen, Nick Offerman, Taylor Schilling. The harrowing sight of Pamela smiling her way through gritted teeth as she laughs off invasive questions during an interview is a moving reminder of the humanity behind our pop culture punchlines. Yet it succeeds in correcting an assumed historical narrative and delivering imagery that sticks. ![]() In the end, "Pam & Tommy" is a little less than the sum of its parts too unbalanced in its attempt to walk the line between trashy fun and thoughtful cultural reevaluation. It’s just too bad that compelling character study has to battle for screentime with much less succesful elements, like an ongoing dark comedy heist subplot for Seth Rogen (who also developed the series) as the contractor/former porn actor who stole and disseminated the tape in the first place. And there’s a believable magnetism and unexpected sweetness - at least as fictionalized here - to her relationship with her heavy metal scum-bum husband. James is able to embody Pamela as a fascinating mix of naive romanticism and savvy ambition, particularly as the latter half of the series moves away from the heightened style of "I, Tonya" director Craig Gillespie and towards a sensitive naturalism cultivated by directors like Lake Bell and Gwyneth Horder-Payton. Still, the reason to watch is James’ tremendous performance, which is not only uncanny in its physical mimicry but also moving in its lived-in humanity. ![]()
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