The Idol

TV Series
2023
Not Rated
1h

IMDb RATING

4.4/10

115K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

Play trailer1:19

Showbiz Drama Drama Music

Jocelyn is desperate to reclaim her rightful title as the greatest and sexiest pop diva in America after a nervous breakdown disrupted her most recent tour after Tedros, a notorious nightclu... Read allJocelyn is desperate to reclaim her rightful title as the greatest and sexiest pop diva in America after a nervous breakdown disrupted her most recent tour after Tedros, a notorious nightclub entrepreneur, reignites her passions.Jocelyn is desperate to reclaim her rightful title as the greatest and sexiest pop diva in America after a nervous breakdown disrupted her most recent tour after Tedros, a notorious nightclub entrepreneur, reignites her passions.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.4/10

115K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,423

140

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total

Episodes5

Browse episodes

TopTop-rated 1 season 2023

• 2023

Lily-Rose Depp

Jocelyn

• 2023

Suzanna Son

Chloe

• 2023

Troye Sivan

Xander

• 2023

Jane Adams

Nikki Katz

• 2023

Jennie Kim

Dyanne

• 2023

Rachel Sennott

Leia

• 2023

Hari Nef

Talia

• 2023

Moses Sumney

Izaak

• 2023

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Destiny

• 2023

Ramsey

Ramsey

• 2023

Hank Azaria

Chaim

• 2023

Mitch Modes

Mitch

• 2023

Bianca Ghezzi

Bianca

• 2023

Eli Roth

Andrew Finkelstein

• 2023

Sophie Mudd

Sophie

• 2023

Montay Romero

Dancer

• 2023

Kat Cheng

Dancer

• 2023

User reviews534

4.4114.7K

Summary

Reviewers say 'The Idol' delves into themes of fame, exploitation, and the music industry's darker side, often through sexualized and controversial content. Criticisms include excessive nudity, weak dialogue, and unconvincing performances, especially from The Weeknd. Some praise the show for confronting uncomfortable truths, while others find it exploitative and shallow. The series has a polarizing reception, with some viewers finding it compelling and others considering it a failure.

AI-generated from the text of user reviews

Featured reviews

3jonwoodh

Sleazy exploitation

Ok so it looks good and Lily-Rose Depp is fine in her starring role, but other than that you have to wonder what is the point. What could have been an intriguing examination of how the entertainment business gobbles up and exploits young women becomes just another ugly example of creepy exploitation. Read the Rolling Stone expose to understand how it completely pivoted from its initial premise and got Euphoria-ised by Sam Levinson. What a disappointment. A funny review in the UK Telegraph about Idol, said Levison makes Showgirls look like a masterpiece. No wonder it was decried at Cannes as "luxury sleaze." Two thumbs down.

4xkcxyvc

The most unwelcome Weekend

I was in on the first 30 mins of Episode 1 but then this idiot with a rat tail appeared and disbelief was unsuspended. What a buzz kill. I know this is a vanity project and I hope he reads this.

Sam Levinson is a great director and every shot looks great, but he cannot write for women. The female characters are avatars for male fantasy and their dialogue is cringe worthy. But how can he be exploiting women if he is making a show about men in power exploiting women, lol.

Also did we really need a scene where an intimacy coordinator was locked in a bathroom. Is this a drama or a satire?

Free Lily! Free Sidney!

2rdiaz-73568

Should be a WattPad story

Rather than being over the top, explicit or hard to watch it ends up being dull and cringy.

The writing feels straight out of a WattPad fanfic, in fact, I've read better fanfic.

The show tries really hard to act like they know what they're doing with the cringe, but it ends up falling flat as nothing becomes of it. Just bad writing, boring story and terrible messages.

The 10 star reviews on here are very obviously faked to boost scores. There isn't one aspect about it, writing, acting, cinematography, controversy that would give it even a 5, let alone a 10.

Boring. Dull. Don't bother. Waste.

2lyli_e

Yeah it's bad

Don't bother with this show, listen to the neg reviews it's really bad. There is no depth to any of the characters, even the decent veteran actors couldn't help that script. LRD is beautiful but the character is so poorly written im not sure even with her dads talent she could have done any better.

The Weekend was as bad in this as he is good at music.

The coolness was really lame and contrived like it was written by high school students with a big budget to make a series as an elevated school project.

I won't persevere and if you are reading this trust me when I say don't bother. Maybe for 5 mins if you are curious.

aslanselena

Cringe

I felt so uncomfortable watching it . The only good thing about the film are the shots , the colors and the easthetic . Anything else just sucked . It is soo RAPY and hypocritical. It's a bad parody of fifty shafes of grey , but then directed by a very creepy person . I think its ridiculous The Weeknd directed his own sex film .

Everything is bad , the acting , the lines , the story . The ending ebviously doesn't make any sense .

It gives me so much weird vibes and its sooo uncomfortable to watch .

I kinda tought maybe he wanted to make a statement in the film about the music industry , but every point he makes is just weird .

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Director Amy Seimetz left the project on 25 April 2022 amid a creative overhaul of the series. Co-creator Sam Levinson took over as series director.