A Seat at the Table (2022) User Reviews (10)

The Making Of The Greatest Movie Of All Time

[douglasmcbroom · 8/10 · 29 April 2022]

One episode in and I'm hooked. I didn't expect that. I thought this would be cheesy and sophomoric.

The casting is just outstanding. Matthew Goode has Bob Evans down to a 'T.' I don't know much about Al Ruddy, so Miles Teller had a blank canvas, but I like what he's done with it. Dan Fogler IS FF Coppola. Burn Gorman captures the highly eccentric Charlie Bluhdorn. The only portrayal I'm not liking, and this also surprises me, because I like the actor, is Giovanni Ribisi, as Joe Columbo. Ribisi is playing a stereotype as opposed to a character.

If you are a big Godfather fan the 'inside baseball' stuff is particularly satisfying. If not, then you're probably not a big movie fan and this series might not be for you.

Paramount produces series about how great Paramount is

[comicbookarob · 7/10 · 10 May 2022]

A mixed bag. Matthew Goode is great as Evans but I wish it focused more on the creative side over contracts and deals. I suppose it's because it's based on the memoirs of producer Al Ruddy which is too bad because the energy flags every time the story focuses on him (Coppola, Puzo and above all Evans are such big characters that Ruddy is dull in comparison).

Amazing Performance by Matthew Goode

[sacoderfolk · 9/10 · 30 April 2022]

Having watched The Kid Stays in the Picture multiple times, I am very familiar with Robert Evans' physicality, voice, elocution, and demeanor. In this episode (the only one I've seen thus far), Matthew Goode's portrayal is startling. Not a single word or movement reads false. It is as if Evans came back from the beyond to play himself.

The writing is great and the cast was carefully curated for both looks and talent, but Goode's precision in his performance is attention- and award-worthy. I had no idea who he was before tonight, but boy oh boy, he does his homework.

Super-duper series not to be missed

[amedusa50x · 6 May 2022]

If you adore The Godfather, you'll adore this series. I was hooked after the first 5 minutes. I'm also now officially in love with Matthew Goode. Oh, those wily Brits and their amazing ability to do spot-on American accents! Burn Gorman is also great, and it's wonderful to see Juno Temple in a role that's worthy of her talents. Absolutely everyone is great in this series. The sets, costumes, makeup, cars, scenery, etc., impeccably evoke the period. Do yourself a favor and don't miss this series!

Great start into a wonderful tv show

[Shadowboy_25cm · 8/10 · 23 June 2022]

I didn't know about this project unless I saw there there is a new tv show called The Offer and I did some research: It's about the making of 'The Godfather'.

That was a surprising summary and I didn't expect anything, asking myself, why making a tv show about the making of 'The Godfather'. When I saw that this show is based on the experiences by Albert S. Ruddy who produced 'The Godfather' and produced with Michael Tolkin and Leslie Greif this tv show too , I got very interrested. Even more, because it's a historical tv show (late 60s and early 70s, of course dramatized and here and there shortened because of dramatic reasons, but true to the core) with a lot of well known characters from the movie business.

After watching episode 1, I have to say: Great start!

The set design and production values, the look of the show, the actors - all deliver.

Highly recommended.

Excellent start

[grantss · 9/10 · 14 April 2024]

Al Ruddy is working as a programmer at the Rand Corporation but sees an opportunity to produce TV shows and movies. Mario Puzo is a struggling author whose wife gives him an idea to write a book on the Mafia. Joe Colombo is a rising crime boss. Their three worlds are about to collide.

An excellent start to the series. I watched this because it tells of the making of one of the greatest films of all time, The Godfather, and I am a keen follower of cinema and the film-making process. However, I was half-expecting a dry documentary-like telling of the making of The Godfather so didn't set my expectations very high.

How wrong I was. The plot, whose writing involves input from Al Ruddy himself, is very interesting and engaging. The writers and director Dexter Fletcher, aided by some great performances, give the whole thing a great vibe and energy. The three-character focus (Ruddy, Puzo, Joe Colombo) makes for an intriguing, fateful meeting of careers and worlds. There's a smoothness that is immediately riveting.

On the downside it is maybe too smooth. Ruddy never puts a foot wrong. When questioned he immediately has a great story and sell, even if he hadn't thought of the question before. One or two moments of analysis on his part would have gone a long way.

It's a minor negative though and the only thing from making the opening episode perfect.

Entertaining first episode

[851222 · 8/10 · 10 April 2023]

Greetings from Lithuania.

First episode of mini series of The Offer titled A Seat at the Table was an entertaining and well paced episode. It sets the tone for the whole series. And what can I tell from it, it's going to be a fun and entertaining series. About the accuracy of events, well, probably not so much. More like pulp about creation of arguibly the best film ever - The Godfather.

Series uses a lot of real names from 70's Hollywood era, and it's a fun to watch for me because I'm a movie fan. I heard most of the names seen in first episode before.

Overall, entertaining if not the most accurate story but fun to watch so far.

all 9s and 10s

[nerrdrage · 9/10 · 9 September 2023]

This is an incredible miniseries. Every episode is at least a 9 if not a 10. Great casting across the board, especially for Evans, Puzo, Coppola, Bludhorn and Colombo.

When I first looked at this series, I wondered how can they get 10 full length episodes out of the process of just making one movie, however renowned. Wow I had no idea. Everything went wrong with The Godfather, from mafia death threats to corporate egos to boardroom maneuverings. Was there even one day when something wasn't blowing up in their faces?

These people must have really loved their Hollywood jobs to endure all this. Very entertaining to watch, probably wasn't all that great to live through. Amazing that some guy from Hogan's Heroes was at the center of it all.

I love the show, but have a issue with casting

[BruceWayne3 · 7/10 · 20 May 2022]

Coppola / Sinatra is played by a non Italian ??

Get The F Outta Here This has to stop, Hollywood needs to represent us Italians better Who ever made this is garbage for fn up those parts Hughes didn't look anything like the real Sinatra.

It's sets the table well but continuity is a major issue

[americanroberts · 7/10 · 11 June 2022]

Shot well, nice color palette, good acting and story but for a period piece the continuity is all I over the place.

They go see Planet of the Apes in the theater and that wasn't released until 1968.

The reference "you can't live off of Rosemary's Baby forever" and that movie came out in 1968.

However Ruddy pitched Hogan's Heroes which wasn't aired until 1965, and they jumped ahead 3 years without letting the audience know.

That's a problem and why it didn't get 8 stars.