‘The Regime’ review: ‘Veep’ meets ‘Succession,’ but make it a European dictatorship
“The Regime,” starring Kate Winslet, is HBO’s latest prestige series and it never goes deeper than its elevator pitch: “Veep” meets “Succession,” but set inside an authoritarian government. Those inspirations are literal. Creator Will Tracy might be better known as the co-writer of 2022’s “The Menu” but his credits also include “Succession,” and executive producer Frank Rich is a “Veep” alum. ...
“The Regime,” starring Kate Winslet, is HBO’s latest prestige series and it never goes deeper than its elevator pitch: “Veep” meets “Succession,” but set inside an authoritarian government.
Those inspirations are literal. Creator Will Tracy might be better known as the co-writer of 2022’s “The Menu” but his credits also include “Succession,” and executive producer Frank Rich is a “Veep” alum. But do we really need another darkly humorous portrayal of the power-mad and their humanizing dysfunctions?
Winslet plays the ridiculous and floridly paranoid dictator of an unnamed Central European republic. She somehow seized power despite her many deficiencies and psychological instabilities, some of
