The Regime - Il palazzo del potere

By attempting to merge elements from "The Death of Stalin," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," and "Borat" into a single narrative, the show becomes a bewildering concoction rather than a cohesive piece. The 'satire' - if it can be called that - stumbles significantly, as it appears unanchored from any semblance of reality. Instead, it leans heavily on bizarrely synthesized stereotypes of Eastern Europe in the American imagination.

The characters are shallow caricatures, lacking depth and authenticity, which further distances the narrative from delivering any meaningful or resonant messages. The show oscillates between trying to be a biting political satire (of what, though?) and a slapstick comedy, never fully committing to either.

The production values and the performances by the cast are commendable for the most part, yet they are not nearly enough to salvage the show from its fundamental flaws.

This was a series with so much potential. Funny, no - at least I never found anything to laugh at, but satire does not need to be side splittingly hilarious.

I would have loved to see more of Andrea Riseborough. I thought she was one of the more interesting parts of the series, but it was not to be. What happened to the child? Throughout the entire 6th episode Kate Winslett's character does not enquire about him once. Even for a megalomaniac that is quite something.

I seem to be one of the few that did not take to the "butcher". I found her fascination with him quite baffling.

I agree with those who think that Kate Winslett had too much screen time to the detriment of the other characters. Less is more. And this could have been so much more.

Based on the first episode I'm all in and look forward to the rest of series. Some critics say it isn't funny. I guess that depends on one's particular brand of humor. There are levels and genres of humor. The Regime certainly isn't laugh out loud hilarious and I don't know why anyone expected it to be based on the trailers. Our main character is a very quirky, eccentric woman who believes she is righteous in all she does but has a paranoia of mold. Well, so do I, even if not to her degree. In this episode we learn that her father died of lung disease so it stands to reason she'd be scared and to the degree she is scared is the funny part. Kate Winslet delivers in spades and she gets better every time I watch her. She has the capacity in The Regine to garner sympathy while just having brow beaten one of her staff. It's kooky!

There's a lot to like about this show. The depiction of a geographically vague old dictatorship in Europe is spot on. It reminds of old autocracies like Romania or present-day Belarus , and constantly balances between amusingly farcical and quietly frightful. And Kate Winslet is absolutely at her peak here, as a nutty, narcissistic ruler.

It's a good thing that they've written it as a mini-series too, because the absurdities could have easily become stale after too many episodes. Unfortunately, the energy built up by the first five installments is not matched by what is essentially a cowardly sixth and last chapter. It opts for an unfulfilling ending that refuses to pick sides and leaves plenty of unanswered questions.

Still, it's highly entertaining and deserves to be watched.

Heavy satire, talking about a "democratic" regime in a fictional country, which LOVES freedom and celebrates Love with prisons, opinion monitoring to combat misinformation.

Kate Winslet is perfect on the role, she has charisma, and sound crazy, but you can't hate her. Good cast around her and she is a star.

Hope the next episodes keep the same tone of mockery, love what the writers did

People that agree with the the way the world is heading, won't like this series for sure. Since they don't have that much sense of humor.

Hope the characters get the evolution and deepenest as they deserve, but for the first episode it was actually good.