Mad Men

2007

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8.7| 0h30m| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 19 July 2007 Ended
Producted By: Lionsgate
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.lionsgate.com/shows/mad-men
Synopsis

Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
solw-54325 After watching this show i questioned the existence of human life. Never ever have i seen anything this uninteresting in my intire life. I want to wish the producers of this series to change carrier and start working at McDonalds. Further more, i hope the actors are beeing payed a lot for doing such a boring series. Wow, they must be really needing a jobb to do this show.
IkhwanArif I understand why conservative Americans like this show. It's a romanticised account of what the 50s and 60s look like, and that's the entire point. The Baby Boomers would want you to believe that the United States of America was this blissful era where "men where men," and "women were women."Well, yes, I dare take angander that, that was very much the case. But you the audience need to know that the US of A in the 50s & 60s wasn't all of that. The lives that you see on this show is idealised and fantasized. It is from the very same Baby Boomers who want to secure their Social Security and welfare that is paid by the current Gen Y and Millennial through threat of force by the same government that these Boomers supposedly claim to despise. Now instead of making you realise what idiots you are for not questioning why you're not getting 100% of your total salary, they lull you into watching Mad Men; a show about how great the Baby Boomer generation were. In all honesty, this show does portray that, but only if you're too ignorant, or in such a stupor that you don't realise that half the time, this show is boring. Don Draper, played efficiently by Jon Hamm is an interesting enough character, so is Roger Sterling played by John Slattery as well as Joan Holloway played by Christina Hendricks. Other than these 3, everyone else is tedious to watch.The best scenes are when Don Draper pitches his advertisement, when he not only describes but shows you how words influence our emotions, how it connects a person by offering a perceived reward, creating a want by making you feel something about that particular product or service, how people manipulate you by manipulating how you feel. Which is exactly why Gen Y and Millenials are psychologically disturbed and mentally arrested. You're going to read from other reviewers who claim that 'this is a show for adults,' but a nostalgic period piece 50s isn't a show for adults, but a fairytale for adult-children. And it's a boring one half the time. Quite frankly, it's really not that good of a show.
kosmasp Jon Hamm is as appealing in this as he is appalling. You may feel stronger with one of those than the other, but while he is the number one character in this, there is a lot more going on here, than might meet the eye. Especially at first, you may not be able to see it. The women are as much part of the whole show as the (Mad) Men. You could even argue that they have a lot more going on at times.The show itself is slow paced though, which may not go down well with some viewers. You really have to be in the mood for the show, for the setting, the time line and all that surrounds it. I know that Jon was hated as much as he was loved by viewers. Because he had so many flaws, but was also intriguing and had that extra special charisma going for him. It's almost impossible to not be enamored by him.Some lingo may not work or may be confusing too, but in the context, you'll never lose sight of things. You don't have to be in the advertising or management business or having lived ages ago. This does work as a bit of a history lesson. And the acting is superb. Of course as with many (recent) shows, it makes sense to have watched all the seasons from the start ... it's character building, even if nuanced
didierdelausanne "Mad Men" is a fascinating immersion in the advertisement domain, in the development era of some of the world's most famous brands and companies, among others, inviting people to discover and watch advertising from the other side of the TV screen, showing the global aspects and complexity of this work.The great cast gives an interesting and realistic variety of personalities, close to daily life, struggling about finding the way to make their own place in this world, about how to give a meaning to their life, about how to find and keep their own balance between their work and their private life, with more or less success, highs and lows.The main character is the proof that talent and genius often come from creative and passionate people thinking out of the box and daring to push the conventional ideas further to succeed where so many people thinking only inside the box thinking fail, and that truly living means defending his own ideas and convictions, even if this may cause conflicts, rather than just following the stream. After all, there's always a solution, creativity is the key.The great image and production quality, some particularly funny or touching scenes, the stylish clothes and setups, and finally the singular simplicity in which everything happens are the cherry on top and make "Mad Men" definitely unique and brilliant.

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