1899

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 17, 2022
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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Critic Reviews

  1. Consequence
    Reviewed by: Jordan Blum
    Nov 18, 2022
    83
    It succeeds far more often than it sinks, and with the sixth episode (“The Pyramid”) yielding some of the most powerful moments and revelations thus far, there’s little doubt that 1899 will be altogether satisfying when it finally reaches its destination.
  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Steve Greene
    Nov 17, 2022
    83
    “1899,” like “Dark,” certainly draws strength from its own reveals. Whether or not withholding key information is something that works in favor of “1899,” there’s at least a method to the haunted ship madness. In many ways, it helps to be as adrift and clueless as the people playing out the story in front of you.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Boyd Hilton
    Nov 18, 2022
    80
    An intriguing, densely layered puzzle-box mystery that defies easy categorisation but somehow works.
  5. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Nov 16, 2022
    80
    Clarity is difficult to come by in the German duo’s latest eight-part effort, and that can sometimes be more vexing than exhilarating. Nonetheless, there remains much to savor about this period-piece whirligig, which spins around and around until it’s difficult to separate fact from fiction—if, that is, anything at all in this saga is actually real.
  6. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Nov 11, 2022
    80
    On the other hand, this is an expertly-crafted puzzle which, from episode four on, goes to truly mind-bending places. It isn’t for the easily-bored or anyone partial to zoning out in front of the television. But for those who enjoy drama that challenges as much as it dazzles, 1899 is a date worth keeping.
  7. Paste Magazine
    Reviewed by: Michael Frank
    Nov 16, 2022
    76
    For first-time watchers of Friese and bo Odar, 1899 might be too discombobulated to enjoy. It will lose viewers with its lack of satisfying answers, and its disconnected language gamble. But the mystery shifts and buzzes when given time and energy. It snatches at you, gnaws at you, wants to nestle inside your mind as you await the next episode, even if the story is as jumbled as many have experienced.
  8. Collider
    Reviewed by: Marco Vito Oddo
    Nov 18, 2022
    75
    For a show to be successful in the long run, there must be characters to care about with meaningful stories. And while 1899 succeeds in building a puzzle that’s at the same time brilliant and accessible, it fails to have us cheering for the future of its best characters. When the credits roll in the season finale, so much has been subverted that both their victories and failures have no further purpose.

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#55 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

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User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 43
  3. Negative: 9 out of 43
  1. notwist
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Probably a rare treat for those who like to get taken on a ride of escalating mysteries and end up empty handed with no explanation in theProbably a rare treat for those who like to get taken on a ride of escalating mysteries and end up empty handed with no explanation in the end. The pacing and writing of this first season is honestly an insult to the viewer. It’s a wild goose chase ending in a climax of incompetence.… Full Review »
  2. insickness
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    What starts out as an intriguing premise that takes place on an 1899 ocean liner, builds into a mystery that becomes more and more implausibleWhat starts out as an intriguing premise that takes place on an 1899 ocean liner, builds into a mystery that becomes more and more implausible to resolve. There are layers upon layers of "Is this reality? I can't tell anymore!" About halfway through the season, there's no longer any intrigue. It devolves into a boring, dragged-out repeat of characters moving in and out of rooms, locations, etc., trying to solve some elaborate sci-fi reality riddle with no cohesive through-line in the end.… Full Review »
  3. OlivierPiel
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    The good thing about this age of streaming wars is that you don't have any qualms about turning off a show 30 minutes into the first episodeThe good thing about this age of streaming wars is that you don't have any qualms about turning off a show 30 minutes into the first episode because it's rubbish. You will be busy with the rest of your evening, sifting through the mud of Netflix, Disney or whatever comes spewing forth to find some little nuggets of quality. 1899 is pure dregs. as another reviewer mentioned, an "insult to the intelligence" of a normal person.… Full Review »
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