Adele One Night Only
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 14, 2021
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Johnny Loftus
    Nov 15, 2021
    80
    One Night Only finds Adele personally refreshed and professionally primed, a place her legions of adoring fans will certainly enjoy hearing about in both performance and interview.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Caroline Framke
    Nov 15, 2021
    80
    [Adele] went into the Winfrey interview ready to say what she wanted to say, and not a single thing more. ... It was genuinely fascinating to watch Winfrey contend with a subject who truly does not seem to care about what most celebrities care about. ... As breathtaking as the aerial shots of the observatory were, they wouldn’t have been half as effective without the towering voice soaring right alongside them. She reminded the world why she’s become such an icon.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Nov 15, 2021
    70
    Despite the rarefied air it occupied — “How posh is this?” Adele asked early in the special, to which the answer obviously was very — it also reminded her fans why they missed her. Her voice is like a memory and an active emotional trigger, a robust glass of Zinfandel that heats your insides and makes you wistful.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Lorraine Ali
    Nov 15, 2021
    60
    It’s the music where she’s most expressive, which was certainly borne out Sunday night by her uneventful and distinctly nonrevealing interview with Oprah, which only succeeded in interrupting the momentum of the performance.
  6. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Nov 15, 2021
    60
    She certainly didn’t seem too bothered about winning over Winfrey. And so One Night Only ended, as it had begun, with Adele resplendent as pop’s ultimate girl next door – but also as an enigma who refused to be unlocked.

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User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 5 out of 23
  1. mlou24
    Dec 21, 2021
    6
    The music and Adele were great as usual, but the interview was painful. Nothing new in it. To me it was just filler between the music and theThe music and Adele were great as usual, but the interview was painful. Nothing new in it. To me it was just filler between the music and the ads. They went on forever. So I give Adele 10 and everyone else a 2. Best recording it and fast forward through everything else.… Full Review »
  2. Beecee
    Nov 21, 2021
    8
    Adele has a magnificent voice. The songs were well chosen to combine both old favorites and selections from her new album. The setting wasAdele has a magnificent voice. The songs were well chosen to combine both old favorites and selections from her new album. The setting was effective as well. But the interview did often seem like an interruption that broke the flow of the concert. Maybe a longer portion of the interview which interrupted the concert less often would have worked better, or airing the total interview at the beginning of the show.… Full Review »
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