Brexit
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 19, 2019
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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Critic Reviews

  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Jan 17, 2019
    60
    Cumberbatch’s tight-wired performance is the best thing in this brisk but mechanical retread of recent events. ... Tonally, Brexit lands somewhere between the dutiful style of most HBO docudramas and the frantic arm-waving of Adam McKay’s “The Big Short” and “Vice.”
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Jan 16, 2019
    50
    Brexit’s problem isn’t that it is too flip about recent history. It’s that it takes every possible branch of history seriously, and doesn’t do the work of discerning which ones matter more.

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#1 Most Shared TV Season of 2019

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User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. declanmore
    Feb 7, 2019
    9
    Brexit is the gospel truth (and nothing but the truth) about Brexit and the UK today, and about how easy it is to manipulate people and howBrexit is the gospel truth (and nothing but the truth) about Brexit and the UK today, and about how easy it is to manipulate people and how easy it is to make them fanatical about a cause they would never embrace if they had not been deceived. British people gone completely crazy - that should be an alternative title. A "must see" for every sociologist, politician, priest, philosopher and a TOK teacher.… Full Review »
  2. AntonX2
    Feb 5, 2019
    8
    I saw this movie mostly by accident -- mostly because it started playing after something else I was watching on HBO ended. I was about to turnI saw this movie mostly by accident -- mostly because it started playing after something else I was watching on HBO ended. I was about to turn it off when I decided to give it a few minutes. I'm glad I did.

    Knowing the end result only enriches your viewing, especially as you witness the "Remain" side scramble unsuccessfully for an idea -- any idea! -- that would resonate with voters. The most chilling moment was when the "Remain" strategists finally come to realize that this was a campaign 20+ years in the making, and only now are they beginning to catch up.

    "Brexit" moves along at a steady clip, doesn't drag, and is worth a watch. Sometimes I wish they would have gone deeper in to the specifics of strategies, but the general idea of the movie is meant to fill in the holes. As a first take on the events, it's absolutely watchable and recommended.    … Full Review »
  3. nilsdresemann
    Jan 23, 2019
    9
    A thrilling movie with a Cumberbatch performance we haven't seen in quite some time. The only downside is that the Question "Why he did it" isA thrilling movie with a Cumberbatch performance we haven't seen in quite some time. The only downside is that the Question "Why he did it" is not really answered.… Full Review »
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