The Great: Season One DVD Review

The Great: Season One is a comedy-drama from Tony McNamara and stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. The DVD arrives on October 20th and comes with two featurettes and a gag reel.

 

 

The Great: Season One
(2020)

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Paramount | NR – 579 min. – $29.98 | October 20, 2020

Date Published: 10/19/2020 | Author: The Movieman

SEASON INFO: Writer(s): Tony McNamara (created by) Cast: Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Sacha Dhawan, Charity Wakefield DISC INFO: Features: Featurettes, Gag Reel Slip Cover: Yes Digital Copy: No Formats Included: DVD Number of Discs: 4 Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.00 Subtitles: English SDH Region(s): 1

SEASON SYNOPSIS

The Great: Season One is a satirical comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great (ELLE FANNING). From creator and Academy Award Nominated writer, Tony McNamara, comes a fictionalized, fun and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl who honors an arranged marriage to the mercurial Russian Emperor Peter (NICHOLAS HOULT). Instead of love and sunshine, she finds a dangerous, depraved and backward world. Catherine becomes driven to change Russia and fulfill her destiny as the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia’s history. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military and get the court on her side.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 2¼/5

This 4-disc release comes with a slightly title-embossed slip cover. Features include two behind-the-scenes featurettes — Bold and the Brash: Inside The Great and Palatial Panache: The Style of The Great — as well as a Gag Reel.

 

VIDEO – 4½/5, AUDIO – 4/5

The Great arrives on DVD and presumably as streamed on Hulu, is presented with a 16×9 enhanced 2.00 widescreen aspect ratio and albeit in standard def, looks rather glorious, with decent detail and vibrant colors. Each episode comes with a standard but effective Dolby Digital 5.1 track outputting clear dialogue.