America to Me
Starz | Release Date: August 26, 2018
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
96
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
SalonMelanie McFarlandAug 27, 2018
Season 1 Review: What may be one of the most important shows to debut this year, do not miss a moment of this 10-part documentary series. ... A compelling, potent education. Read full review
100
The New York TimesJames PoniewozikAug 24, 2018
Season 1 Review: Expansive, nuanced documentary. ... It’s an invaluable look at where inequity begins, as well as the difficulty of getting to the place where it ends. Read full review
100
VarietyCaroline FramkeAug 17, 2018
Season 1 Review: America to Me succeeds by taking a quieter, slyly bruising approach in order to match the timbre of its fraught subject material, portraying how intersections of race, class and privilege become grueling everyday realities. It’s a slower burn, but it proves no less searing. Read full review
100
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJul 9, 2018
Season 1 Review: America to Me is a momentous achievement. ... The gift of America to Me is that the big picture for all of us is in the relatively little one of this particular school; the macro is in the micro. ... It’s the way that James and his team construct America to Me that’s so remarkable. You can feel both empathy and frustration in the same moment. Read full review
100
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergJul 9, 2018
Season 1 Review: The show doesn't pretend teens today are growing up without full awareness of what reality TV looks like, and America to Me doesn't pretend not to be reality TV in its own way. It's reality TV in the best sense of the term, and I suspect that America to Me will end up being one of the year's best shows of any kind. Read full review
100
IndieWireBen TraversJul 9, 2018
Season 1 Review: His empathetic portraits of teenage students and their earnest educators creates an affecting, insightful, and vital piece of cultural commentary. Read full review
90
The AtlanticSophie GilbertSep 4, 2018
Season 1 Review: Profound and thoughtful. ... The series takes the viewer on an insightful, engaging, and maddening trip back to school, which is enabled by the extraordinary access James and his segment directors were given to classrooms, board meetings, and people’s homes. Read full review
90
SlateSam AdamsAug 24, 2018
Season 1 Review: Even in a series this expansive, you keep wishing you could spend more time with more people, but its scope allows James and his team to show both victories and defeats fade into the past, how fragile and yet how resilient its protagonists can be. Read full review
85
CNNBrian LowryAug 24, 2018
Season 1 Review: America to Me features a winning mix of kids, running the gamut of emotions and experiences that high school entails. Read full review
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