Britannia
Epix | Prime Video | AMAZON | Release Date: January 18, 2018
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
iEmily BakerDec 6, 2021
Season 3 Review: At times it tries too hard to be edgy and there are too many narrative threads to keep track of. But for all its missteps, it achieves what many historical series fail at – it’s rollicking good fun. Read full review
80
The TelegraphEd PowerAug 24, 2021
Season 3 Review: There is something charmingly ridiculous about a series that features comic-relief cannibalism, orgies, throat-slashing and druids who look like they’ve wandered in from a music video by Voodoo People-era Prodigy. Much like a really great music festival, specifics are hard to hold on to – but Britannia’s sheer sensory overload brings its own bonkers rewards. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJul 31, 2020
Season 1 Review: Britannia is fast-paced escapism for those who thought Vikings a tad tame. [3 - 16 Aug 2020, p.5]
80
The TimesCarol MidgleyJun 29, 2020
Season 2 Review: Series two is even more batshit crazy. It is totally off its head. It is also camp, ironic and funny. Read full review
80
The GuardianJack SealeJun 29, 2020
Season 2 Review: None of this amounts to much dramatically or emotionally, of course. Britannia is one of those shows you just have to imbibe, celebrating that it has the sheer cheek even to exist. Read full review
75
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJan 25, 2018
Season 1 Review: The longer you stick with this nine-episode season, the more the players reveal themselves. It’s a big part of how Britannia,”written and co-created by Jez Butterworth (“Black Mass,” “Edge of Tomorrow”), transcends its genre roots. Read full review
70
SalonMelanie McFarlandJan 26, 2018
Season 1 Review: The first five of the nine episodes provided for review also have echoes of “Spartacus,” and “Rome” slopped with a sauce of graphic novel-style drama. That’s not the worst a person can say about a series. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonJan 26, 2018
Season 1 Review: Violence it has. Also, domestic drama. Dynastic intrigue. A soupçon of the supernatural. Set in A.D. 43, during the second Roman invasion of the British Isles-to-be, the nine-part Britannia also displays what might be an unfortunate side effect of the rise of bingeable drama--the seeming nonchalance with which writers are approaching a storyline. Read full review
70
Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanJan 26, 2018
Season 1 Review: Britannia doesn’t slow down long enough to be as engaging as the HBO show, but ultimately, it has enough going for it that if you like such fare--not everyone is a “GOT” fan--you can get into the Amazon show. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJan 24, 2018
Season 1 Review: The modernisms are amusing, and they invite us to take Britannia as a sendup--but then the series doesn’t commit to that approach, as it lapses back into straight-up battle drama. It’s trashy, but, perhaps, not trashy enough. Read full review
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