Amend: The Fight for America

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 17, 2021
User Score
2.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 6 out of 8

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  1. UnknownBigF
    Feb 28, 2021
    3
    This was kind of terrible. While on the one hand, it does provide some useful historical insight, it also regularly presents historical events as being comparable to current events, implying similarity, in an entirely unreasonable and sometimes deceptive way, instilling a sense of doubt that any of the topics at hand are presented in a truthful manner.
    The last episode outright compares    This was kind of terrible. While on the one hand, it does provide some useful historical insight, it also regularly presents historical events as being comparable to current events, implying similarity, in an entirely unreasonable and sometimes deceptive way, instilling a sense of doubt that any of the topics at hand are presented in a truthful manner.
    The last episode outright compares the deportation of illegal immigrants to the hunting down of enslaved men under the fugitive slave act, for instance.
    It is the amalgamation of woke twitter's most poorly thought out ideals distilled into 6 hours of unreliable storytelling. I'd advise skepticism when watching this.    … Expand

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Feb 22, 2021
    70
    Amend is a significant undertaking in its scope, and the roster of celebrity talent assembled is impressive and eclectic. The one misstep lies in Smith's folksy transitions, which seem tailored to a school-age audience. Granted, it would be great if kids watched this, but the "Schoolhouse Rock" tone he adopts feels out of step with the other voices telling this story.
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  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Feb 18, 2021
    80
    It is one thing for historians to break down all the civil rights victories won through the hardest of struggles over decades of sacrifice, terrorism and death. It's something altogether more complex to bring all of that alive in a thoughtful way and make it speak to who and where the TV audience happens to be now. "Amend" achieves this by polishing history with high entertainment value.
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  3. Time
    Reviewed by: Judy Berman
    Feb 18, 2021
    80
    Beneath all that polish is substance. Leon and Green succeed at spotlighting under-praised heroes (there’s an especially strong section on Ida B. Wells), while making room for related struggles from feminism to LGBTQ rights to immigration and declining to dumb down the insightful analysis provided by some of our most engaging activists, academics and legal minds.
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