A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY
HBO | Release Date: September 8, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Entertainment WeeklyCarolyn ToddSep 8, 2014
Season 1 Review: The most visceral moments emerge from Buscemi's conversations with his former colleagues and lifelong friends at Engine Co. 55, rendering vivid and tearful accounts of tragedies. Read full review
80
VarietyBrian LowrySep 8, 2014
Season 1 Review: In a relatively short amount of time, A Good Job (a reference to a really serious fire) manages to be by turns touching and funny, capturing the camaraderie of firefighters--including the colorful hazing that’s part of hanging around in a firehouse all day--as well as the way danger and death become ever-present handmaidens of the work. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleySep 8, 2014
Season 1 Review: Much of the film is built on interviews with firefighters, and the conversations feel like conversation between professionals, not like a lecture to a group of outsiders. Read full review
80
PopMattersCynthia FuchsSep 8, 2014
Season 1 Review: Each of the firefighters here reveals a nuanced, complex mindfulness, a sense that what they do is dangerous, but also rewarding, exciting, important, and, in a word, what they do. Read full review
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