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The Spoils of Babylon

2014 · 1 season

A knowingly overblown epic pastiche that plays its melodrama dead straight for laughs, with absurdity and starry commitment keeping it buoyant.

Created by
Harper Steele, Matt Piedmont
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Tim Robbins
Tagline
Love has no morals.
Overview
Follow the saga of Cynthia and Devon, two siblings whose intense love drives everything and everyone around them to ruin.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
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Created by
Harper Steele, Matt Piedmont
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Tim Robbins
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • obsession
  • power
  • betrayal
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour9
Realism2
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, crime
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
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Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 23 min each
Network
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Country
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Languages
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