A Gentleman In Moscow (Paramount+)

[g5000]

This series is surprisingly good.

I've never been much of fan of Ewan McGregor, but he owns this role as a Russian nobleman sentenced to house arrest in a hotel after the Russian communist revolution.

The communists summarily executed most of the aristocracy after the revolution. Some were able to escape the country and live in exile, but when the count returned to Russia to aid his grandmother's escape, he himself was unable to leave and was to be executed save for a revolutionary poem attributed to him when he was in Paris.

Only five of the eight episodes are currently available, with the rest to be released once a week.

This is a very good historical drama with McGregor depicts a man of real class.

 

[g5000]

I just finished the series and feel as strongly about it as I did when I wrote the review above.

Ewan McGregor was born for this role.

 

[Zavulon]

Started to watch the series. I saw prosecutor Vyshinskiy in 1922, a muzhik, selling berries at Red Square, GUM (in 1922!!!), saw the women fashion... I tried to eradicate my own eyes, but stopped in time and turned off this parade of the freaks and show of madness which can't belong to our Universe. I cleared history of the browser and now thinking about formatting drive C:.

Ewan McGregor is a nice guy, he was trying, but he definitely can't play a Russian nobleman.