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The Chosen One!: Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. With Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Justin Theroux, Sonoya Mizuno. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Owen is the black sheep of the wealthy Milgrim clan. After losing his job, he enrolls in an experimental drug trial.
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- Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Cary Joji Fukunaga
- 2018-09-21
Sep 21, 2018 · The Chosen One! Maniac (TV Series) Track 1 on Season 1. Episode 1 of Netflix’s limited series Maniac. The episode primarily serves to establish Owen’s (Jonah Hill) story arc as one of the...
Sep 21, 2018 · An ambitious series starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone kicks off with a lonely man making a decision about his future while confused about his past. A recap of Maniac episode 1 ‘The Chosen...
- Hillary Kelly
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Sep 21, 2018 · Owen Milgrim (Hill) is a dissatisfied office drone from a rich family living in a small New York apartment. Owen has experienced problems with schizophrenia in the past,...
Sep 21, 2018 · The first episode, “The Chosen One!,” begins with nothing less than the birth of the universe and the first living organism which leads to the creation of everything else on the planet. This cosmic tutorial ends with Emma Stone’s character, Annie Landsberg, buying cigarettes and getting a cup of coffee.
Sep 25, 2018 · Netflix’s “Maniac” is not the type of show you can put on and half-pay attention to, especially the first episode. While intriguing, the limited-series is reminiscent of Netflix’s “Black Mirror,” and features an alternate world that mixes 1960s aesthetics with futuristic technologies like advanced robots.
Sep 28, 2018 · Gabriel Byrne plays his cruel industrialist father, Porter. Trudie Styler plays his socialite mother. In real life, Styler is married to the musician Sting- that’ll come up later. Owen has 4 older brothers, 3 of whom remain largely anonymous.
