This is not the brilliant HBO Series 'John Adams.' It lacks the budget, the cast and the writing. Michael Douglas is as miscast as Ben Franklin as Tom Wilkinson was perfect. I like Eddie Marsan, but he's no Paul Giamatti. Elfin Noah Jupe is horribly miscast as Temple Franklin and looks like a kid playing dress up. He is also at the center of most of the saccharine and unnecessary melodrama.
I am a huge fan of Executive Producer/Director Tim Van Patten (The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire) but historical drama might not be his métier, as quite clearly French is not Michael Douglas's!
The pace of the series slowed to a crawl by the aptly entitled 'Begin By Creeping.'
What this series succeeded beautifully in doing is making me want to rewatch the outstanding 'John Adams!'
I am a huge fan of Executive Producer/Director Tim Van Patten (The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire) but historical drama might not be his métier, as quite clearly French is not Michael Douglas's!
The pace of the series slowed to a crawl by the aptly entitled 'Begin By Creeping.'
What this series succeeded beautifully in doing is making me want to rewatch the outstanding 'John Adams!'