2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 23, 2021
User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14

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  1. brocktarogar
    Jul 28, 2021
    4
    Oh no! It's still 2020? I thought that god-awful year was finally gone. Who really cares about the sports, 99% of the viewers are here to ogle male and female anatomy at peak physical performance.

    Mario Sunshine blesses all Olympians with his eternal warmth.
  2. thedaarkbatty
    Jul 25, 2021
    0
    Why are they doing the olympics again? This is likely going to kill several thousand people by giving them covid. CANCEL THE OLYMPICS UNTIL COVID IS OVER.
  3. ssplendid
    Jul 26, 2021
    0
    I was on my phone the whole time and I didn't watch a goddamn minute of it.
  4. Beecee
    Aug 6, 2021
    8
    I felt that many of the reviews were based on whether or not the Olympics should have been held during COVID and not actually a review of the ceremony itself. That said, I enjoyed the ceremony. Performers included the magnificent pianist Hiromi and the great African singer Angelique Kidjo. Highlights included the globe made of drones and the intriguing acting out of the OlympicI felt that many of the reviews were based on whether or not the Olympics should have been held during COVID and not actually a review of the ceremony itself. That said, I enjoyed the ceremony. Performers included the magnificent pianist Hiromi and the great African singer Angelique Kidjo. Highlights included the globe made of drones and the intriguing acting out of the Olympic pictograms for each sport, as well as the final torch lighting. And of course they had the parade of athletes from each country. The Olympics were conducted as safely as possible and they all gave us something to cheer for in these somewhat grim times.… Expand

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Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Jul 26, 2021
    50
    It was not the boisterous return-to-life party we might have hoped for a year ago, nor was it the retreat we might have expected. It was a halfway, transitional ceremony for a halfway, transitional, precarious moment.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Spencer Kornhaber
    Jul 26, 2021
    40
    A a mournful mishmash of a ceremony that only emphasized its dark context. ... It was a celebration suited to an Olympics that many aren’t sure should exist at all. ... The moments that drew viewers into rapture were outnumbered by jolts back into distressing reality. More egregiously, the four-hour ceremony devoted multiple minutes to John Lennon’s “Imagine” as arranged by Hans Zimmer and sung by performers around the world, including the overexposed celebrities John Legend and Keith Urban.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Jul 23, 2021
    40
    Over the course of the two-plus-hour Parade of Nations, NBC’s coverage of the opening ceremonies alternated between edifying trivia (Kiribati is the world’s only nation to occupy all four cardinal hemispheres!) and America-centric jingoism. ... The silence was strange. The lack of ambient crowd energy was strange. The NBC director’s resistance to wide shots capturing the full venue was understandable, but still strange. Add “somber” to the list of adjectives that could be applied to this opening ceremony that have never been applied to an Olympics opening before.
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