Review: 'The Curse' is a winding tragic comedy from the minds of Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie
It was a foregone conclusion that "The Curse," co-created by and co-starring Nathan Fielder, from "Nathan for You" and "The Rehearsal," and Benny Safdie of the film-directing Safdie brothers, of "Good Time" and "Uncut Gems," would be at least interesting. As a collaboration, it's something new for both, scripted straight through, unlike Fielder's meta social-experiment prank shows, and something of a psychological thriller, with an element of horror, but animated by Fielder's themes, subjects and, one might venture, neuroses.
The 10-episode series, which premieres this week on Showtime, is nothing if not ambitious, and it has been clearly thought through, shot by shot; it feels extraordinarily intentional. Even when scenes go on long, nothing feels like filler; everything has its place. At the same time, with its overarching and underlying narratives, and
