--- description: The TV show premiered in July of 2004; the movie is out on June 3 title: What TIME Said About 'Entourage' in 2004 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f762205220243ea/69885206a988caba8a6b2c1c/ent-02731.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [History](/section/history/) ## History Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # What TIME Said About _Entourage_ in 2004 ## Video: 100 Years of Blockbusters in 5 Minutes [Watch (HLS stream): 100 Years of Blockbusters in 5 Minutes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tfrXo5zL.m3u8) (5:21)  _Published 2014-02-12. Time has taken the highest grossing film each year for the past century and crammed them into 5 and a half minutes. No Intermission._  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Jun 3, 2015 4:00 PM CUT  A scene from the film 'Entourage' A scene from the film 'Entourage'Claudette Barius—Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Jun 3, 2015 4:00 PM CUT As Joel Stein notes [in the latest issue of TIME](http://time.com/3899467/where-the-bros-are/ "undefined"), the TV version of _Entourage_ started way back in 2004, “before the bro-volution.” Back then—long before _Entourage_ was turned into a movie, which arrives in theaters on Wednesday—the HBO look at a pack of bros felt both fresh and foreign. But, even then, there was something about the show audiences could identify with, even if they weren’t familiar with bro culture: the fact that anyone watching at home is more likely to be a member of an entourage than to be the one at the center of all that attention. As TIME’s James Poniewozik pointed out in his first 2004 review of the show, that “more attainable yet rarely celebrated dream” was the point of the show: --- > “” --- More than a decade later, no matter what’s up with bro culture, that fact hasn’t changed—and movie audiences can find out soon whether it’s still worth celebrating. **_Read the full review, here in the TIME Vault:_** [Land of the Freeloaders](http://time.com/vault/issue/2004-07-19/page/82/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3899150/entourage-2004-review/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3899150/entourage-2004-review/"},"headline":"What TIME Said About Entourage in 2004","datePublished":"2015-06-03T16:00:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:41:01.807Z","description":"The TV show premiered in July of 2004; the movie is out on June 3","url":"https://time.com/3899150/entourage-2004-review/","keywords":["movies","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f762205220243ea/69885206a988caba8a6b2c1c/ent-02731.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f762205220243ea/69885206a988caba8a6b2c1c/ent-02731.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Entourage","caption":"Entourage","creditText":"Claudette Barius—Warner Bros. 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