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- Netflix
- Feb 11, 2022
- Netflix
- Feb 11, 2022
Summary Vivian (Anna Chlumsky), a journalist investigates purported German heiress Anna Delvey (Julia Garner), who may be a con woman in this limited series from Shonda Rhimes inspired by the New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler.
Created By: Shonda Rhimes
- Netflix
- Feb 11, 2022
- Netflix
- Feb 11, 2022
Summary Vivian (Anna Chlumsky), a journalist investigates purported German heiress Anna Delvey (Julia Garner), who may be a con woman in this limited series from Shonda Rhimes inspired by the New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler.
Created By: Shonda Rhimes
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Mixed or Average
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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15 Reviews
50% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
57
44% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
50% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
In telling a story about a complicated woman through the lens of another complicated woman, Rhimes builds a lot of nuance into the narrative, ensuring the show’s escape from quick and easy judgment.
The modesty of its thematic and narrative ambitions keep Inventing Anna from being a great show. It could have been truly great if it had decided to really be about something, but instead it's content to just be fun. It knows what it is and succeeds at what it sets out to do.
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Based on 17 User Ratings
5.2
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 User Ratings
5.2
35% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
41% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
24% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Why did I watch all of it¿ Maybe Garner. Maybe low investment while washing dishes. Maybe a "hate watch" that was milked over way too many episodes. The real Anna is so dissimilar too Garner's portrayal. It's not a good idea to Google the real story while watching. Cheesy acting at times, it is somewhat juvenile and annoying far too often.
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SEASON 1
Julia Garner plays Anna Delvey, who took New York society and the financial world for thousands of dollars as a purported German heiress. Anna Chlumsky plays the journalist who's determined to write a story investigating the reality behind the image. Each episode is primarily framed around one person's experiences, but the other plots weave in and out. This series was created by Shonda Rhimes based on the original New York Magazine article, so you'd expect more steamy and sensational…but no, this is more reportage. The first episode spends most of the time setting up the journalist's journey with almost none of Delvey's fun. The subsequent episodes revolve more around Delvey and her incredibly decadent lifestyle (with some great fashions). Garner has transformed herself into this enigmatic character, who's both charming and diabolical. As the tale unfolds, the outrageous developments keep it interesting. On the down side, the narrative rambles slowly at times, esp. the final episode which was downright frustrating. This is more about the incredible character and the way she maintained her lifestyle than an involving personal drama involving any of the characters.
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SEASON 1
Like too many streaming series, it trades in efficiency and force for length and reduced churn. Still, there’s a lot to chew on, including a handful of delicacies yet to be so earnestly unearthed in all those other stories of the rich and famous.
In treating Anna with a shrug, Inventing Anna never quite justifies its own existence. Instead, it strings its viewers along with the possibility of reaching some profound revelation, but in the end, it’s a knockoff posing as couture.
[Arian Moayed's] scenes with Garner in the 82-minute (!) finale, which focuses on Anna's trial, are electric — the few moments Inventing Anna lives up to its promise. The rest of the time, the series feels like one extremely long con.
Inventing Anna careens all over the place, and one of its only consistencies is an exhausting insistence that Delvey was talented but misunderstood.
A series as intellectually empty, structurally disjointed and just badly written as “Inventing Anna” can’t help feeling like a con, too.
this one starts off somewhat watchable if you're needing that kind of downshift brain time, but by the end it is unwatchable so I suggest watching first 3-5 episodes and then skipping to the finale
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SEASON 1
I really tried to engage in this series because the content was so interesting and I love Julia Garner but the writing is so bad that the actors, however accomplished they are, cannot save this series.
I hope Lena Dunham comes through with a better version because the story is fascinating. I do have to say I loved the Nef character and the actor playing her was amazing. Thee only time the show came to life was when she was in the scene.
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SEASON 1
Just like it's subject matter, this feel like's a con.
The further I continued with this series the less I cared about it's conclusion. What tries to be some sort of profound ending, is just flat, and it doesn't help when all the lead characters are despicable in some capacity.
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SEASON 1
bad
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not good in any manner or degree.
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SEASON 1
I'm watching this with my wife, because her colleague recommended it to her. But it is just so boring and annoying as hell. Almost literally, because Anna's stupid ass accent reminds me of Death from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.
Oh yeah. And why call it a mini-series when it's 9(!) 1 hour episodes long! I thought we'd be almost done after two, but now I need to watch 7 more hours of this (I think my wife likes it).
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SEASON 1