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The Act

The Act

2019
Drama, Crime
TV Mini-Series
An anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories, including a girl trying to escape her overprotective and abusive mother. (imdb)

Starring:

AnnaSophia Robb
AnnaSophia-Robb
30 total credits
AnnaSophia Robb has 30 credits at Criticker, including: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Jumper, Bridge to Terabithia, The Way, Way Back and Race to Witch Mountain
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Patricia Arquette
Patricia-Arquette
56 total credits
Patricia T. Arquette is an American actress and director. She played the lead character in the supernatural drama series Medium. At the age of seventeen, Arquette was first cast in a role for Pretty Smart (1986). A year later, she gained attention for her starring role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, playing Kristen Parker. She won a CableACE Award in 1991 for her portrayal of a deaf epileptic in Wildflower. In 1993, she starred in Tony Scott's True Romance...(Wikipedia)
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Juliette Lewis
Juliette-Lewis
81 total credits
Juliette Lewis has 81 credits at Criticker, including: From Dusk Till Dawn, Natural Born Killers, Old School, Starsky & Hutch and What's Eating Gilbert Grape
,
Margo Martindale
Margo-Martindale
83 total credits
Margo Martindale has 83 credits at Criticker, including: Million Dollar Baby, The Hours, The Firm, Dead Man Walking and Orphan
,
Rachel Ticotin
Rachel-Ticotin
28 total credits
Rachel Ticotin has 28 credits at Criticker, including: Total Recall, Con Air, Man on Fire, Falling Down and Something's Gotta Give
,
Chloë Sevigny
Chlo-Sevigny
90 total credits
Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevigny made her film debut with a leading role in the controversial Larry Clark film Kids (1995), which led to an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance. A long line of roles in generally well received independent and often avant-garde films throughout the decade established Sevigny's reputation as an indie film queen...(Wikipedia)
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Calum Worthy
Calum-Worthy
16 total credits
Calum Worthy has 16 credits at Criticker, including: Rapture-Palooza, Dr. Dolittle 3, Bodied, The Act and Reboot
,
Joey King
Joey-King
46 total credits
Joey King has 46 credits at Criticker, including: The Dark Knight Rises, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Conjuring, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Horton Hears a Who!
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Dean Norris
Dean-Norris
53 total credits
Dean Norris has 53 credits at Criticker, including: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Little Miss Sunshine, Starship Troopers, Total Recall and Breaking Bad

Genres:

Drama, Crime, Horror

Country:

USA

Language:

English

The Act

2019
Drama, Crime
TV Mini-Series
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Avg Percentile 60.54% from 105 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Avg Percentile 60.54% from 105 total ratings
Rated 27 Dec 2019
97
94th
Poignant, emotionally devastating portrait of a terrifying and ugly Münchhausen-by-proxy case is made unforgettable by King and Arquette's beautifully and subtly rendered performances; King may edge it out, especially in the latter stages when she infuses her Gypsy with the same worrying domineering traits of Arquette's Mommie Dearest. Well crafted, incisive and moving, this uses the mini-series format well, to create fully formed and sympathetic portrayals of its two nightmare characters.
Rated 06 Jun 2019
85
63rd
The fictionalized version of this bizarre real life story is brought to life by two incredible performances from Arquette and King. The issue this series faces is pacing. There is a lot of substance but after the Act is committed ironically enough the series loses a lot of the intrigue. Still a very creepy and well scripted series with the lighting and cinematography done to near perfection. It's a shame that could have been a much tighter narrative hinders such a visually disturbing show.
Rated 23 May 2023
80
66th
Loses some momentum as it catches up to the beginning, but interesting story overall and strong performances from the cast.
Rated 04 Jan 2022
3
28th
Rated 04 Apr 2021
85
83rd
eerily true to the real story
Rated 24 Mar 2020
80
54th
Kind of cheesy, but pretty good!
Rated 27 Sep 2019
60
53rd
Started out very good, but the latter half felt dragged out. Münchhausen.
Rated 03 Jun 2019
71
66th
Nicely directed and Patricia Arquette and Joey King acted very well. Enjoyable.
Rated 12 May 2019
78
82nd
Creepishly accurate to the real story.

Cast & Info

Starring:

AnnaSophia Robb
AnnaSophia-Robb
30 total credits
AnnaSophia Robb has 30 credits at Criticker, including: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Jumper, Bridge to Terabithia, The Way, Way Back and Race to Witch Mountain
,
Patricia Arquette
Patricia-Arquette
56 total credits
Patricia T. Arquette is an American actress and director. She played the lead character in the supernatural drama series Medium. At the age of seventeen, Arquette was first cast in a role for Pretty Smart (1986). A year later, she gained attention for her starring role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, playing Kristen Parker. She won a CableACE Award in 1991 for her portrayal of a deaf epileptic in Wildflower. In 1993, she starred in Tony Scott's True Romance...(Wikipedia)
,
Juliette Lewis
Juliette-Lewis
81 total credits
Juliette Lewis has 81 credits at Criticker, including: From Dusk Till Dawn, Natural Born Killers, Old School, Starsky & Hutch and What's Eating Gilbert Grape
,
Margo Martindale
Margo-Martindale
83 total credits
Margo Martindale has 83 credits at Criticker, including: Million Dollar Baby, The Hours, The Firm, Dead Man Walking and Orphan
,
Rachel Ticotin
Rachel-Ticotin
28 total credits
Rachel Ticotin has 28 credits at Criticker, including: Total Recall, Con Air, Man on Fire, Falling Down and Something's Gotta Give
,
Chloë Sevigny
Chlo-Sevigny
90 total credits
Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevigny made her film debut with a leading role in the controversial Larry Clark film Kids (1995), which led to an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance. A long line of roles in generally well received independent and often avant-garde films throughout the decade established Sevigny's reputation as an indie film queen...(Wikipedia)
,
Calum Worthy
Calum-Worthy
16 total credits
Calum Worthy has 16 credits at Criticker, including: Rapture-Palooza, Dr. Dolittle 3, Bodied, The Act and Reboot
,
Joey King
Joey-King
46 total credits
Joey King has 46 credits at Criticker, including: The Dark Knight Rises, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Conjuring, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Horton Hears a Who!
,
Dean Norris
Dean-Norris
53 total credits
Dean Norris has 53 credits at Criticker, including: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Little Miss Sunshine, Starship Troopers, Total Recall and Breaking Bad

Genres:

Drama, Crime, Horror

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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