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On Becoming a God in Central Florida (TV Series)

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

2019

Robert Funke (Creator), Matt Lutsky (Creator) ...

Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgård, Théodore Pellerin, Ted Levine ...

6.1

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TV Series. Comedy TV Series (2019). 10 Episodes. Year 1992. A recently widowed, impoverished Orlando water park employee schemes and cons her way up the ranks of the multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme which ruined her financially in the first place. A dark comedy with Kirsten Dunst as Krystal Gill, a minimum-wage-earning water park employee who will eventually scheme her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise: a cult-like pyramid scheme run ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Caroline Framke Variety	"Dunst’s performance is so magnetic that the show could’ve focused on her alone"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] emerges as a tremendous star vehicle for Kirsten Dunst, with enough twists to maintain interest through some lags in the second half of its 10-episode first season."
		Tim Surette TV Guide	"There's a good half-season of television here, it's just stretched out to a whole season (...) Dunst and Levine are fantastic, Pellerin is even better, and the subject matter is fascinating (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Steven Scaife Slant	"When the comedy does work, the series keenly captures our dubious relationship with the prospect of wealth (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"It’s one of the best performances Dunst’s ever given, verbally, physically, and emotionally (...) [It] eventually becomes as exhausting to sit through as Krystal finds Cody (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Matt Zoller Seitz Vulture	"[It looks] at society from the inside out rather than the reverse, and [treats] the characters with warmth and empathy while still making their society seem like the biggest pyramid scheme of them all."
		Joel Keller Decider	"[It] is powered by Dunst’s strong presence as Krystal, even if a lot of what’s going on around her is too cartoonish for the show’s own good."
		Brian Lowry CNN	"[The story] becomes increasingly absorbing as the narrative progresses and the situations become more absurd"

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