Paul T. Goldman

What if Werner Herzog and Nathan Fielder had a child?

They would have named him Paul T. Goldman.

The line between real and fiction is a thin and blurry one, often crossing and blending together in various forms of media. In literature, for example, authors often take inspiration from real-life events and people, but then add their own imagination and creative twists to create a fictional story. In film and television, real-life events and people are often depicted in a fictionalized manner, blurring the line between fact and fiction even further. Thanks ChatGPT for providing 400 characters needed it to publish this review.

I love the premise that a non-actor played the lead role about a story that actually happened to him in real life.

I do understand that It was probably a bit frustrating for the actors and the entire crew to work with someone with no acting experience. But, hey, who better to play the part than this quirky, gullible and real man? I found it refreshing!

The way the movie was put together is quite rare and I love rarities in life and in movies.

I have done some writing about things that have happened to me and if there isn't some sort of embellishment of a true story you might not grab the audience's attention as well. And, in my eyes, and my words, there is nothing wrong in embellishing.

Kudos to all the non-actors. Actors, director, and the rest of the entire crew for presenting something so quirky, unique and out of the ordinary!!

This guy is a real life Michael Scott. It reminds me of his he wrote screenplay of Michael Scarn. He's kooky but has an innocence to him that makes him likeable. His life is unbelievable sure, but mainly because of what he does and the choices he makes. The cast is unbelievable, and help make the story come to life. The way it all unfolds is creative and you get a real life behind the scenes as it's told. One of the most entertaining series I've watched in a long time and I haven't been this excited about a show since Tiger King. I binge watched it all in one night. Definitely worth your time.

I'm not sure how much the titular character is aware of what's happening, and it's hard to have sympathy for he comes across as quite an unlikeable egomaniac. For fans of obscure B-movies, he is essentially a Neil Breen type character, who is caught in the writers' and director's web. He thinks they are making an emmy-level documenatry while they essentially parody the recent spate of cheap Netflix true crime documentaries (e.g The Tinder Swindler). By largely allowing Paul T. Goldman to tell the story, and leaning into the more asburd elements of the story (e.g a psychic medium), they beging to reveal the embellishments and question if any of this really happened. In turn, this makes it much more honest than other so-called true crimes. Your enjoyment of the show will depend on whether you can tolerate the strange title character, and enjoy seeing a well-loved genre be torn apart.

Paul T. Goldman is part Tommy Wiseau from "The Room," part Forrest Gump, a dash of Gene Wilder, a healthy dose of straight up "Florida Man," and all parts ridiculously funny.

His story never stops spiraling, from seriousness to absurdity and back again, like "Serial" meets "The Rehearsal." The more Paul tells us about his life, the less we believe him, and the harder we laugh and shake our heads.

While the show continually "zooms out" to the behind-the-scenes, and even behind-the-behind-the-scenes, for all its confusion it tells the story of a man who is so wildly unpredictable you can't take your eyes off him.

One of the few new shows that made me want ti rewatch episodes. I seriously hope there's another season. Who knows what zany adventure this guy is going to get into next.