![]() While we’re invested in the relationship aspect, the political through-line feels thin and half-hearted by comparison, causing interest to wane as it moves increasingly to the fore. ![]() The society’s rules of no privacy, no monogamy and no family seem loosely enforced at best, and John is left free to sow chaos seemingly at will. It’s when the political thrust of the story asserts itself that Brave New World loses momentum. Ehrenreich, while unnecessarily mopey at times, gives John a hard, petulant edge and gradually overcomes having been soundly upstaged by a near-unrecognisable Demi Moore, as his mother, in the show’s early episodes. ![]() Findlay brings both steel and an irrepressible curiosity to her mould-breaking Beta, while Lloyd has tremendous fun with the painfully awkward Bernard (his early attempts at throwing a punch are gloriously maladroit). The series’ first half, with its eventful set-up and subsequent fish-out-of-water antics, is compelling, the protagonists allowed considerably more life and texture than their literary counterparts. It’s when the political thrust of the story asserts itself that Brave New World loses momentum. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Full Movie - 1980 Topics Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, Full Movie, 1980 There are a bunch of clips in here. ![]()
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