Playing out more like a compelling but ultimately cursory Wikipedia entry than a full-throated exposé, Starz’s newest documentary series “Who is Ghislaine Maxwell?” may be one of the better dives into the socialite-turned-Epstein-accomplice, but it never really answers its own titular question.
More polished, and less salacious, than the other two Maxwell series — Peacock’s “Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell” and Paramount+’s “Ghislaine: Partner in Crime” — Starz’s series spends a bit more time on Maxwell’s life before meeting Epstein and after his arrest, for better and worse.
Organized into three episodes, the Erica Gornall-directed series uses its first hour “Queen Bee” to track Maxwell’s relationship with her father, the media mogul Robert Maxwell.
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