Alias Grace

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Season 1
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
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Critic Reviews

  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Nov 3, 2017
    60
    It’s fairly soon clear that this is script-writing captivated by its own ambiguity—a condition in no danger of being infectious to huge numbers of the film’s viewers.
  2. Las Vegas Weekly
    Reviewed by: Josh Bell
    Nov 2, 2017
    50
    It’s still mostly restrained and respectable, though, with modest production values and uneven performances.
  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Oct 26, 2017
    50
    [Sarah] Gadon is alluringly enigmatic as we wonder if she's playing him [a doctor interviewing her], but the overall effect is less than hypnotizing. [30 Oct 2017 - 12 Nov 2017, p.13]
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Awards & Rankings

31
#31 Best TV Season of 2017
27
#27 Most Shared TV Season of 2017

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User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 89 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 67 out of 89
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 89
  3. Negative: 15 out of 89
  1. Comrade_Critic
    Nov 21, 2017
    3
    Had hopes this show would be decent as Atwood is a brilliant writer, but this show is super slow moving with no real payoff. The acting isHad hopes this show would be decent as Atwood is a brilliant writer, but this show is super slow moving with no real payoff. The acting is good, but the story takes forever to unfold. Not worth watching.… Full Review »
  2. jaasieljunior
    Dec 3, 2017
    10
    Alias Grace trata de uma das minisséries mais impactantes de 2017. Abordar o tema de múltiplas personalidades acaba sendo chocante para osAlias Grace trata de uma das minisséries mais impactantes de 2017. Abordar o tema de múltiplas personalidades acaba sendo chocante para os espectadores que assistem a série,tendo em vista que o assunto aparenta ser real,embora não tão discutido na sociedade moderna.… Full Review »
  3. Mushu44
    Nov 8, 2017
    10
    Once in a while you stumble across a production like 'Alias Grace' that is so vividly written with a story and characters so raw that youOnce in a while you stumble across a production like 'Alias Grace' that is so vividly written with a story and characters so raw that you almost feel a responsibility to keep watching. Then before you realise, it's 3 am and the season is done but you feel the better for it.

    Grace's existence is grim and largely joyless, she struggles to keep her head above water in a life that is near constantly out of her depth. However it is her stoicism and gentle but constant striving that bring the greatest rewards as a viewer. Her small and infrequent victories against the tide of the times in which her story takes place never feel inconsequential.

    Grace is a deeply complicated and intelligent character played brilliantly Sarah Gadon who views life through a mind set she was born into and has long outgrown in some respects but shackled by in others. Keeping the audience guessing if the main protagonist is a victim or a villain is nothing new but in this story we are asked to guess along with Grace as to the quality of her own character which I thinks is where this series breaks new ground.

    Ernst and captivating from the start, highly recommended!    … Full Review »
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