FX’s Adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ ‘The Shards’ Can’t Be Saved by a Strong Lead Performance: TV Review

FX has adapted Bret Easton Ellis' novel 'The Shards,' set in the Reagan era and fixated on materialism and luxury brand signifiers. Variety's review finds a strong lead performance unable to save the adaptation, which struggles to translate Ellis' cooly detached prose style to the screen.

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