![]() While the series may not come close to answering the first of its two questions, it has the sense to allow Garner to provide some answers of her own. ![]() The emotional undercurrents running beneath? As potent as ever. And Garner fully throws herself into this new type of role. Indeed, Garner has long proven herself a formidable talent, as evidenced by a captivating turn in 2020’s brutal "The Assistant," twin Emmy wins for Netflix’s "Ozark" and an unforgettable recurring role in the FX series "The Americans." (Few things are as sure to make a TV critic wax rhapsodic as the words "Julia Garner as Kimmy.")īut while her previous performances have been ones of rich interiority - subtle creations that leave plenty of room for the viewer to feel what her characters are trying to withstand - Anna Delvey is a cypher, a caricature, a mess, a sketch, a bundle of contradictions and, well, a bunch of other things. So it’s Garner’s show, and "Inventing Anna" allows the talented actress to paint with some new colors, all without sacrificing the underlying nuance of her work. (L to R) Julia Garner as Anna Delvey, Anna Chlumsky as Vivian Kent in episode 108 of Inventing Anna. It’s as if the show wants to answer the questions "who is Anna Delvey?" and "why are we interested in Anna Delvey"? with equal fervor, somehow missing that the combination of a magnetic performance and a bonkers scam make that second question more than a little redundant. Based on Jessica Pressler’s sensational 2019 story for New York Magazine, "Inventing Anna" splits its focus between Delvey and Vivian ( Anna Chlumsky), the pregnant reporter chasing Anna’s story a woman whose career splinters thanks to a source whose relationship with the truth is what you might call flexible.īut Vivian’s story just isn’t as compulsively watchable as Anna’s. When its gaze shifts, however, it’s much less so. When "Inventing Anna" is actively engaged with its central figure, it’s soapy and irresistible. ![]() And Garner nails it as the self-proclaimed German Heiress who managed to thoroughly bamboozle (and bilk) the crème de la crème of New York society. The real-life Anna Delvey captured the public’s imagination because she’s such a baffling, contradictory, compelling figure. Julia Garner absolutely runs away with "Inventing Anna," and that’s as it should be. ![]()
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