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No television series should be a seven-hour film.
(Or eight, or ten.)
Alfonso CuaronsDisclaimeris one such artifact.
The series also doesnt follow through on any other thematic threads it shows flashes of interest in.
In its current form, the whole thing just slogs on.
Scenes play out with all the portent of a Catholic Mass.
Some sequences go so long you start to wonder if theyre padding the run time.
Disclaimerfeels like a miscalculation.
Instead, what you get is a thick layer of pretentiousness.
Cuarons signature visual style, which favors active, roving camerawork, frequently calls attention to the scenes placidity.
The few traces of pleasure to be found inDisclaimerare typically incidental to the action.
The Ravenscrofts occupy an outrageously opulent home complete with a kitchen that would makeArchitectural Digestsickos weep.
But the actual meat ofDisclaimerdoesnt ever fill you up.
