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The Spoils of Babylon (TV Miniseries)

The Spoils of Babylon

2014

Matt Piedmont

Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Jessica Alba, Tim Robbins ...

5.6

132

TV Series. Comedy. Drama In the vein of The Thorn Birds and Winds Of War, the epic story of The Spoils Of Babylon chronicles the sexy and dramatic lives of the Morehouse family who made their fortune in the oil business. As the story unfolds, the booze, the passion and the heartache lead to illegal arms deals and international espionage with the Shah of Iran (also played by Ferrell) not to mention the creation of the doomed sub-prime market. Maguire will play ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Melissa Maerz Entertainment Weekly	"The real laughs come from seeing so many famous people in absurd situations waxing nostalgic for the age of the melodrama, when the romance was good, the green screens were bad, and the fashion was even worse."	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"Part of the joke is that 'The Spoils of Babylon' was utterly unwatchable, and that’s why the network never showed it; it seems they achieved that goal a little too well."	NEG
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"The show has enough originality and sheer wackiness to maintain viewer interest, not to mention ridiculous effects that are anything but special."	POS
United States	Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"It’s good for some dumb laughs, and--important in this age when complex television dramas consume so many of our brain cells--it doesn’t demand much of a mental commitment."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"The show is fitfully funny."	NEU

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