Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine Make Irreverently Erotic Starz Drama ‘Mary & George’ a Rollicking Family Affair: TV Review
variety.comAlison Herman TV Critic It’s hard to get a handle on “Mary & George,” the 17th-century historical drama that premieres on Starz this week after last month’s initial run in the U.K.
The tale of how the title characters (Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine) enmeshed themselves in the court of King James I (Tony Curran) through George’s seduction is intricate enough on its own, packing a dizzying array of alliances, betrayals, breakups and reconciliations into seven 50-minute episodes.
But it’s the tone creator D.C. Moore strikes in his adaptation of Benjamin Woolley’s nonfiction account “The King’s Assassin” that’s most difficult to pin down.
Darkly comic and lushly erotic, both boldly anachronistic and surprisingly true to history, “Mary & George” takes the better part of its duration for the viewer to internalize its offbeat, unpredictable rhythms.
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