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Lily Rose Depp's new TV show gets bad reviews at Cannes, many calling it torture porn.

"This is what happens when you show your cans at Cannes.

Critics dragged Lily-Rose Depp for showing too much nudity in her new HBO series, “The Idol,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.

The 23-year-old daughter of Johnny Depp — who portrays pop star Jocelyn trying to make a comeback after having a breakdown — was accused of excessively flashing her breasts and bottom in the highly anticipated show co-created by The Weeknd and “Euphoria” director Sam Levinson.

“Rarely does a scene go by without the camera showing flashes of her breasts or ass,” the Hollywood Reporter wrote about the actress in a scathing review, adding, “You start to wonder if this is building to anything, and by episode two it seems likely that it’s probably not.”

Further, Variety claimed that Lily’s many sex scenes “scandalizes Cannes” in a review published Monday.

“Revenge porn photos of bodily fluids on Depp’s face, masturbation with ice cubes, nightclub-owning scam artists and vile Hollywood sycophants populated the first two episodes of the already-controversial series,” Variety wrote.

Kyle Buchanan of the New York Times jabbed, “’The Idol,’ or 50 SHADES OF TESFAYE: A Pornhub-homepage odyssey starring Lily-Rose Depp’s areolas and The Weeknd’s greasy rat tail,” referring to The Weeknd’s real name, Abel Tesfaye.

Buchanan added, “Love that this will help launch the HBO Max rebrand, should slot nicely next to ‘House Hunters!’”

Another critic called the second episode of the show “straight-up pornographic.”

“There’s an entire 10-minute scene of The Weeknd talking dirty to Lily while she fingers herself for him, then he tells her to suck his c–k and she gives him head. The worst part is that Sam Levinson originally wanted that scene to be longer, too,” the critic tweeted.

The Twitter user added that the show “heavily exploits” Lily, who apparently has sex in every episode.

“I hope she’s okay with it all because it comes off very exploitative,” the critic added.

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by Anonymousreply 53June 5, 2023 7:29 PM

sex is not scandalous. Shows like this are cringe.

by Anonymousreply 1May 24, 2023 8:14 PM

Trying to be edgy like her dad. Looks like it backfired spectacularly. She needs someone who will help manage her choice in scripts. This ain't it, from space.

by Anonymousreply 2May 24, 2023 8:25 PM

WHOOOOOORE.

by Anonymousreply 3May 24, 2023 8:30 PM

Sounds like good, clean fun to me. Call me, Lily.

by Anonymousreply 4May 24, 2023 8:40 PM

I’m sure it’s retarded as hell

by Anonymousreply 5May 24, 2023 8:44 PM

This is a cry for help.

She's lost.

What the hell???

Funny how her father was trying to keep his sugar baby Amber away from showing any nudity or doing anything remotely sexy when they were together, but his daughter is giving it up for the male gaze like a porn baby. She's saying "Look at me, Daddy."

by Anonymousreply 6May 24, 2023 8:50 PM

Apparently, there's a scene in which The Weekend cries because he can't eat an egg out of Lily's vagina.

by Anonymousreply 7May 24, 2023 9:00 PM

But Johnny's an ANGEL 😇! How could the fruit of his loins turn out like this?

by Anonymousreply 8May 24, 2023 9:18 PM

Nepotism twat

by Anonymousreply 9May 24, 2023 9:21 PM

Is it funny like Showgirls or just garbage?

by Anonymousreply 10May 24, 2023 9:40 PM

It’s funny she’s playing a pop star with some white trash name

by Anonymousreply 11May 24, 2023 9:43 PM

[quote]Is it funny like Showgirls or just garbage?

Sam Levinson is no Paul Verhoeven.

by Anonymousreply 12May 24, 2023 9:54 PM

The weeknd is seriously gross

by Anonymousreply 13May 24, 2023 10:23 PM

Lily Rose does look like a porn star, like Chloe Cherry from Eurphoria.

by Anonymousreply 14May 24, 2023 10:46 PM

She does she’s very cheap looking

by Anonymousreply 15May 24, 2023 11:04 PM

Chloe Cherry has more personality though

by Anonymousreply 16May 24, 2023 11:06 PM

Sad. This really sounds horrible, like someone set out to humiliate her in creating this shit to be as demeaning as possible while convincing her this will be a big break artistically so she can be taken seriously. Cannes used to be Depp's world and full of love for him. I wonder if the powers behind this did it specifically to humiliate Johnny by putting his daughter in the worst position possible at Cannes.

by Anonymousreply 17May 24, 2023 11:13 PM

This seems like only yesterday. How things change.

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by Anonymousreply 18May 24, 2023 11:19 PM

If Johnny had a baby with Kate, it would still look like Lily Rose.

by Anonymousreply 19May 24, 2023 11:20 PM

You mean, greasy and whore-ish with sanpaku eyes, R19?

by Anonymousreply 20May 24, 2023 11:23 PM

But is it funny?

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by Anonymousreply 21May 24, 2023 11:36 PM

Elizabeth Berkeley is really likable even thought Nomi is a whore darlin and Gina Gershon was great in showgirls. I doubt this sewer show will have any likable people in it.

by Anonymousreply 22May 25, 2023 12:18 AM

R21 I can't see that scene without thinking of an epileptic dolphin having a gran mal.

by Anonymousreply 23May 25, 2023 12:56 AM

Good ! She’s a dead eyed robot .

by Anonymousreply 24May 25, 2023 1:49 AM

It's boring.

by Anonymousreply 25June 5, 2023 2:05 AM

I didn't know Cannes premiered TV shows.

[QUOTE]masturbation with ice cubes.

😬

by Anonymousreply 26June 5, 2023 2:17 AM

It's not as crazy sexually as I thought it was going to be based on all the drama and controversy around it.

It's not some epic trainwreck like some critics tried to pretend, but it also isn't great. Rebellious pop star meets bad boy is the extent of the plot here. Also The Weekend is very clearly not a professional actor.

As Sam Levinson does it is stylish with nice cinematography but not much meat on the bone.

by Anonymousreply 27June 5, 2023 2:28 AM

"Mom and Dad couldn't be Prouder. They say I'm a chip off the Old Block!"

by Anonymousreply 28June 5, 2023 2:41 AM

Looks like shit. Whoever thought this bitch and the Weekend are appealing in anyway to cast them in this needs their head examined.

by Anonymousreply 29June 5, 2023 2:53 AM

Troye Sivan better have a gay sex scene in this show.

by Anonymousreply 30June 5, 2023 3:57 AM

[quote] The weeknd is seriously gross

He really is. I do not want to see sex scenes with this guy.

by Anonymousreply 31June 5, 2023 4:08 AM

The weekend looks like he smells

by Anonymousreply 32June 5, 2023 4:37 AM

I wonder if Johnny's career hadn't tanked, what would have happened to her? Would this have been a better project or just better hyped?

by Anonymousreply 33June 5, 2023 7:20 AM

How is any of this "torture porn?" Did OP mean revenge porn?

by Anonymousreply 34June 5, 2023 8:21 AM

I actually feel bad for her. Sounds humiliating to be in that many demeaning sex scenes and with a scumbag. Wonder why young people in Hollywood have mental breakdowns... director is probably a predator just getting off on making Depp's daughter do that shit.

by Anonymousreply 35June 5, 2023 8:24 AM

Just thinking about Nepo babies and why this is another argument against them in Hollywood -- it's different with them because we watched them grow up from babies. It's uncomfortable. It feels like watching a friend's kid implode.

by Anonymousreply 36June 5, 2023 8:27 AM

Ugh. This looks hideous in every respect. And she comes across as spoiled rotten, with zero charisma or appeal, and looks like an ugly mashup of all of her dad's former girlfriends.

by Anonymousreply 37June 5, 2023 9:18 AM

She’s a dirty, dirty thing. Just like her Pops.

by Anonymousreply 38June 5, 2023 10:05 AM

Dad's cold eyes + mom's permanent sneer = she's unpleasant looking. The five head doesn't help either. Fuck off, nepo baby.

by Anonymousreply 39June 5, 2023 10:19 AM

Honestly, Lily Rose was the best thing in it. I guess.

I did actually believe that she could be a Britney type pop star. And I believed nothing else in the show. It wasn't campy. Wasn't serious. Low stakes. It wasn't funny. Or sad. Or uplifting,. Or depressing.

The supporting cast were all acting in what felt like very different movies at once. And why was David from Schitt's Creek there? Why was Azaria playing a talent manager in a French accent?

Oh, The Weeknd was abysmally bad.

It all felt very, very student film-y.

by Anonymousreply 40June 5, 2023 10:24 AM

does this mean she's not marketable?

by Anonymousreply 41June 5, 2023 1:35 PM

There were reports leaking everywhere during production that it was really sleazy and base.

The whole young ingenue baring her bits in order to be taken seriously is so overplayed. This nepo dolly clearly just wants the fame and attention. Not a serious actor in the least.

Oh well, at least her mom got a fuckton of Depp’s money before he lit it all on fire. Lil nepo dolly no doubt has a trust fund that will keep her from having to suck cock for money.

by Anonymousreply 42June 5, 2023 1:50 PM

The male lead was terrible. Lily Rose was sufficient.

by Anonymousreply 43June 5, 2023 1:53 PM

Is this Johnny's fault? Should he be blamed?

by Anonymousreply 44June 5, 2023 1:57 PM

R44, I am sure he’s proud As a peacock 🦚. He’s trash

by Anonymousreply 45June 5, 2023 3:15 PM

I made it about 20 minutes in. If Blackpink’s Jennie Kim had a much bigger role, I might have stuck with it just to hate watch.

Honestly, it’s just dull. It’s supposed to be black humored, cynical, ironic, self aware, intentionally sleazy etc etc. All the so hip it hurts adjectives. But it’s a big ass yawn.

by Anonymousreply 46June 5, 2023 3:29 PM

It wasn't as bad as the reviews suggested, but it's still a little messy. I'm surprised HBO would even be interested in doing a show like this.

Lily is, shockingly, decent, and I bought her as a jaded pop star.

The Weeknd is clearly not an actor, and he had zero chemistry with Lily. I do, however, find him believable as a creepy LA fuckboy.

Supposedly, the second episode is when it gets crazier and trashier with a 10-minute sex scene. I really don't want to watch or even think about Abel in a sexual context. Blech.

by Anonymousreply 47June 5, 2023 3:30 PM

Lily was believable as drunk with no job who wanders around.

by Anonymousreply 48June 5, 2023 4:08 PM

[quote]Rarely does a scene go by without the camera showing flashes of her breasts or ass,

Gurl please. I have bigger tits than this girl and Im a man!

by Anonymousreply 49June 5, 2023 4:35 PM

They exploited the crap out of her ! This is actually sad

by Anonymousreply 50June 5, 2023 5:40 PM

Her father is a major player in the field. Nobody exploited her without her knowing.

by Anonymousreply 51June 5, 2023 5:55 PM

I mean the dialogue wasn't subtle. The way they had Jocelyn declaring it is her body and no one should stop her if she wants to show it, is Levinson speaking to his critics that Lily is totally game for nudity and no one is making her do something she doesn't want to.

by Anonymousreply 52June 5, 2023 6:58 PM

Lily Rose Depp is to movie star what Lila Grace Moss is to modeling.

by Anonymousreply 53June 5, 2023 7:29 PM
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