![]() The reviews are not all negative, however: ![]() “Even the music is dreadful.” – Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph (UK) “The script seems calculated to fool audiences into thinking they’re observing how Hollywood operates, when so much of it amounts to tawdry clichés.” – Peter Debruge, Variety “Nasty, brutish, much longer than it is, and way, way worse than you’d have anticipated.” – David Fear, Rolling Stone ![]() Instead, it feels more like sleaze and torture porn.” – Jo-Ann Titmarsh, London Evening Standard “Sexiness is absent in The Idol, for all Depp’s loveliness. “The show’s sleaze (intentional and not) would be one thing, but it’s the hideous, self-excusing presentation of rape culture that rankles.” – Caspar Salmon, The Daily Beast “Grim, gross, and vulgar.” – Roger Friedman, Showbiz 411 “It’s crude, gross, and sexist.” – Robert Daniels, The Playlist Here are some reactions from the critics at Cannes: Critics who saw the Cannes premiere, however, are warning that the series, about a music star who falls under the influence of a cult-like leader, comes off as “sleazy” and “gross.” It currently has a 27% Tomatometer score on 15 reviews. Starring Lily-Rose Depp and Tesfaye, the delayed series will finally roll out to viewers early next month. Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and music artist Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye’s HBO drama The Idol went into its Cannes Film Festival premiere with baggage: for one, sources in a fiery March Rolling Stone expose calling the production “a s-show” and “torture porn.”
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