Chernobyl

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: May 6, 2019
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Dec 4, 2019
    60
    Things may improve over the coming weeks as the smoke clears, and I hope so. Chernobyl is a story that has everything, but at the moment, comrades, justice is not being done to it.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Apr 27, 2019
    60
    There ultimately isn't much let-up and Chernobyl is both successful for never wincing at the fallout as it gets to the truth of the issue and hampered by the relentless bleakness of the topic and its depiction. ... You should at least know what you're getting into with Chernobyl and if you can face that awful, true story, then by all means take it in. But it won't be for everyone.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    May 3, 2019
    40
    Director Johan Renck take an event unlike any other in human history and turn it into a creaky and conventional, if longer than usual, disaster movie.

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#33 Best TV Season of 2019
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#14 Most Discussed TV Season of 2019
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#71 Most Shared TV Season of 2019

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User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 402 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 371 out of 402
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 402
  3. Negative: 22 out of 402
  1. Evkaxy
    May 16, 2019
    10
    The first episode was so good. There was a lot of attention put into making things look authentic. It is as bleak as you would expect USSR inThe first episode was so good. There was a lot of attention put into making things look authentic. It is as bleak as you would expect USSR in mid 80s to be. Everything from camera filters, and lighting to costumes, interiors and hairstyles paint a very convincing picture. Radiation burns is not something that you can see on television every day and many of the scenes were truly shocking. It was like watching apocalyptic horror movie...except it wasn't a fiction… Full Review »
  2. shoulderoforion
    May 7, 2019
    9
    The first episode tonight was outstanding, made me feel physically ill, and feared that while watching somehow I was being exposed to nuclearThe first episode tonight was outstanding, made me feel physically ill, and feared that while watching somehow I was being exposed to nuclear radiation.… Full Review »
  3. dimchis3
    May 22, 2019
    10
    Боль и страдания! Только так можно выразить, происходящее на экране. Сериал держит зрителя в напряженности от первой секунды до последней.Боль и страдания! Только так можно выразить, происходящее на экране. Сериал держит зрителя в напряженности от первой секунды до последней. Создатели рассказывают истории людей, переживающих последствия данной катастрофы, и эти истории завораживают своей трагичностью и безумием. В определенные моменты становится страшно смотреть на экран, но от этого сериал не становится хуже. Он показывает реальную историю без преувеличений и заставляет зрителя сопереживать героям. Низкий поклон создателям сериала за огромный труд, с помощью которого они отдают дань уважения всем людям, участвовавшим в ликвидации последствий катастрофы, а так же за то, что показали это людям, чтобы они не забывали и помнили, какую цену заплатили ликвидаторы за жизни нынешних и будущих поколений!… Full Review »
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