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May 14, 2021 · Nick Allen May 14, 2021. Tweet. “Halston” is an empathetic portrait of someone you wouldn’t want to work for, be in love with, or trust a great deal of money with. The American women’s fashion designer, an “artist who liked to spend money,” was audacious to put it lightly, and so too is this compelling epic about ego that embeds you ...
May 14, 2021 · A review of Halston, the new Netflix miniseries executive produced by Ryan Murphy and starring Ewan McGregor as fashion designer Roy Halston, a creator whose brand gets diluted to the point...
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67% Tomatometer 54 Reviews 80% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Iconic American fashion designer Halston skyrockets to fame before his life starts to spin out of control. Read More Read Less Watch...
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May 14, 2021 · Ewan McGregor in Netflix’s ‘Halston’: TV Review. The actor plays the titular 1970s/'80s design superstar in a miniseries treatment courtesy of Ryan Murphy. By Daniel Fienberg. May 14, 2021...
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Nov 4, 2022 12:31 am
Posted: May 14, 2021 8:00 pm
All episodes of Halston are available on Netflix.
Of Ryan Murphy's Netflix shows to date, stemming from his landmark production deal, including Ratched, Hollywood, and two seasons of The Politician -- Halston is the most traditional and streamlined. It's also, at a mere five episodes, the most restrained in terms of its structure. Aside from a winning performance by lead Ewan McGregor as celebrity fashion designer Roy Halston, the result is a rather by-the-numbers rise and fall biography that hits all the notes, beats, and themes you expect it to.
The entire saga even crescendos how you'd predict it would, with the first two episodes representing Halston's ascent, the third episode his career apex, and the final two his crushing decline. McGregor's magnetism is enough to carry us through most of this story, though the character of Halston here is a man who's shunned his rural abusive upbringing so determinately that he's created an entire persona to exist/hide within. It's a guise that includes arrogance, jealousy, and affectations that all work as deflection methods and denial. Even in Halston's most vulnerable moments, he's a drain on everyone around him, viewing others' wants and needs as betrayals. It's sort of a doubling down on superficiality that, at times, works to push us away as well.
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Other famous folks in Halston's life -- such as model and jewelry designer Elsa Peretti, lover and artist Victor Hugo, and illustrator Joe Eula -- are solidly portrayed by Rebecca Dayan, Gian Franco Rodriguez, and David Pittu. They represent Halston's stalwart team that cracks and fades during the designer's haze of opulence and hubris. Some outright betray him, others he shoves away during pride-addled tantrums. Meanwhile, Bill Pullman's David Mahoney, who should be the type of business liaison from Norton Simon who Halston furiously butts heads with actually becomes one of his most meaningful friendships on the show. Mahoney is the type of friendly, curious suit who recognizes art and genius but also chases the bottom line. It's through this character that Halston, the show and man, finds a nice balance as the innovative artist who "sold out."
The best part of the series, one that's able to showcase one of Halston's greatest triumphs while also tethering it to his harsh and calamitous upbringing (which we barely get a taste of), involves Vera Farmiga's perfumer, Adele, and Halston's laborious creation of the most successful scent of the '70s. Sure, Halston may have compromised some of his principles by putting his stamp on things he wasn't interested in, but when he did take on a project he made sure it represented him in every way. He wouldn't just throw together a perfume, he'd begrudgingly sink his teeth into it. If only the rest of the series could have balanced Halston's work and true inner turmoil as well.
Ewan McGregor's Halston is magnetic enough to help us through a series that's heavy on career and low on true character development. As Halston, he's a farcical force of nature whose genius allows him to enjoy an unchallenged life. Once anything or anyone seeks to poke holes in this bubble, however, Halston's reduced to a preening mess of insecurit...
166 User reviews. 38 Critic reviews. Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 22 nominations total. Episodes 5. Top-rated. Fri, May 14, 2021. S1.E5.
Halston: Limited Series Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Michael Cuby them. Whether you are obsessed with American fashion history or with the high-polish excess of Ryan...
