Alias Grace

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Season 1
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
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  1. 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 os espectadores que assistem a série,tendo em vista que o assunto aparenta ser real,embora não tão discutido na sociedade moderna.
  2. 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 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    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 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!    … Expand
  3. 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 is good, but the story takes forever to unfold. Not worth watching.
  4. mhg007
    Nov 5, 2017
    6
    This falls under the unreliable narrator genre. Unremittingly grim and humorless. Grace, and women in general, are very badly treated. Slow and somewhat repetitive. The actress who plays Grace is excellent. The actor who plays the alienist is not. It is decent but not in the same ballpark as The Handmaid's Tale.
  5. jonnybgoode
    Nov 16, 2017
    8
    First 2 episodes are slow and grim, but the show improves as it moves through to the end. Location ad time period are quite unique, albeit romanticized (in a positive and negative way). Recommended.
  6. All_ButTrU4
    Dec 24, 2021
    8
    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 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    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 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    … Expand

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

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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
  1. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Nov 15, 2017
    90
    Alias Grace is discomfiting, compelling, deeply insightful television.
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  2. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Emily VanDerWerff
    Nov 6, 2017
    80
    Polley’s script is sturdy, occasionally leaning too heavily on underlining Atwood’s themes to make sure they come across when viewers don’t have constant access to Grace’s inner monologue. But it’s Harron’s direction and Gadon’s performance that truly drive the work.
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  3. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Nov 3, 2017
    90
    Harron has found an original cinematic language to convey Grace’s memories, a dream-like narrative propulsion that carries us along. ... Levi is Alias Grace’s only false note: he seems to have walked right off the set of Chuck without adjusting for the time-period here. Sarah Gadon’s performance is transfixing.
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