HBO | Release Date: September 11, 1993
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
3
Negative:
2
30
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJun 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: A stiff, one-dimensional portrait of America's early plague years. Flattened by docudramatic techniques and good-versus-evil oversimplifications, the film is politically correct, easy to follow and emotionally empty. Rather than risking gritty personal drama and fully drawn characters, the filmmakers have fashioned a public-health mystery that surveys all the moral and political issues, but never hits harder than a Newsweek cover story. [10 Sept 1993, p.45]