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Boardwalk Empire - Pilot (TV)

Boardwalk Empire - Pilot

2010

Martin Scorsese

Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon ...

7.8

20,347

Thriller. Drama January 1920. On the eve of Prohibition, Atlantic City's Treasurer, Nucky Thompson, condemns alcohol at a Women's Temperance League meeting, where he is noticed by Margaret Schroeder, a pretty, pregnant housewife who comes to him for help in getting her abusive husband Hans a job. Later that evening, the duplicitous Nucky privately tells his ward bosses about the opportunity to make huge profits selling bootleg liquor. At a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"Judging by the first episode of 'Boardwalk Empire' (...) this is going to be one of the most reliably exciting and satisfying shows of the new TV season"	POS
United States	James Poniewozik Time	"The impressive thing, and in a way the problem, of the pilot of 'Boardwalk Empire' was that it was so movie-like."	NEU
United States	Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe	"The show isn’t easy to warm up to, to be honest; it’s draped in — and at times stifled by — meticulous period detail and too-perfect lighting, especially in Scorsese’s premiere."	NEU
United States	Nancy Franklin The New Yorker	"It looks authentic in a way that, paradoxically, seems lifeless (...) Scorsese directed this episode, and he throws a lot of punch into it (...) but some of his direction seems almost an homage to himself."	NEU
United States	Robert Bianco USA Today	"'Boardwalk' has the potential to be a great series"	POS
United States	Phil Pirrello IGN	"It's fine that the show desires not to have an absolute hero (...) 'Boardwalk Empire' is an inspired production and it has the makings of a great series operating on the scale of a feature film."	POS

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