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Critic Consensus: Its nuanced female relationships makes Flesh and Bone a realistic portrayal of a professional ballet company, though it suffers from a lack of levity.
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as Claire
as Paul Grayson
as Kiira
as Ross
as Daphne
as Mia
as Bryan
as Romeo
as Jessica
as Trey
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Critic Reviews for Flesh and Bone: Season 1
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Flesh and Bone, from Emmy-winning Moira Walley-Beckett, is watchable and often captivating.
Portentous and pretentious, Starz's new prestige drama Flesh and Bone, about the cutthroat world of ballet, could have been watchable had it fully embraced the camp into which it occasionally pirouettes.
Unfortunately the end result is a cast of supporting characters that fall flat without the proper development, and a lead that never quite opens up to the audience.
To be fair, there are some beautiful dance sequences with graceful moves that are gloriously lit, complete with soaring music, but on the whole, Flesh and Bone tries oh so hard to be dark and moody and brooding that it overloads on those elements.
There is rivalry, sexual harassment and pole dancing. A schizophrenic homeless man sometimes seems like the most well-balanced character. All this is frequently hard to watch, but also impossibly addictive... breaking away proved difficult.
At eight 60-minute-long episodes, it's hopelessly and frustratingly padded. Walley-Beckett's point is still hard to discern, but whatever it is, it's not worth the time.
Audience Reviews for Flesh and Bone: Season 1
Flesh and Bone had some nice dance and fantastic performances from Sarah Hay, Josh Helman and Ben Daniels. But the plot was an unrealistic let down.
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