Das Boot (2019)

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Season 1
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Jun 16, 2019
    100
    Ultimately, Das Boot looks to be a wonderful find for fans of high-quality international television series with real ambition.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Jun 14, 2019
    90
    A spectacularly ambitious enterprise of unfailing power, rich in all the ways that matter in drama, in writing.
  3. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Jan 7, 2020
    80
    It sustained the pace right from the traumatic opening scene when a U-boat was destroyed, the water filling the submarine and one man choosing to shoot himself rather than await a slow drowning. Grim but gripping.
  5. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Rebecca Nicholson
    Dec 4, 2019
    80
    There have been plenty of films and series that purport to show the grim reality of war, not least Das Boot’s forebears. This series, coy as it may be about its status as a reboot, is an extremely capable addition to the canon.
  6. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Jun 17, 2019
    67
    Unlike the 1981 Das Boot, the TV version only spends about a third of any given episode following the crew of a submarine. And whenever it gets out of the boat, it doesn’t really feel much like Das Boot.

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#89 Best TV Season of 2019

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User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 3 out of 18
  1. majoranus
    Jun 19, 2019
    2
    In a word: Dreadful

    Looks quite good, starts off promisingly with the submarine crews, has some nice submarine scenes and decent actors but    In a word: Dreadful

    Looks quite good, starts off promisingly with the submarine crews, has some nice submarine scenes and decent actors but quickly goes to pieces.
    From the junkie lady lesbian resistance "fighter" plot which swallows the show, the ludicrous hamfisted narratives that develop as the show goes on and the submarine arc losing all credibility. Then they throw in a bunch of completely out of the blue "shocks" with clear sjw origins and the show quickly goes beyond the pale.

    Very, very poor.
    If you are a fan of the Wolfgang Peterson original (and why wouldn't you be?) stay clear of this utter abomination, watch the original again instead and save yourself.    … Full Review »
  2. beladrim
    Jun 19, 2019
    3
    Looks very promising at first. But quickly derails into silly "Spy" subplots that slowly but surely take over the entire show.

    Expected to    Looks very promising at first. But quickly derails into silly "Spy" subplots that slowly but surely take over the entire show.

    Expected to see a a show true to the source material as it follows the lives of a german submarine crew? Well why would you want that? Here is some "French" resistance for you instead. Is this really DAS BOOT now?

    Visually the show look good, but I simply cannot understand why a show based on acclaimed book and film spends so much screen time on characters and plot points that have NOTHING to do with submarine warfare. (Aside from the decoding the Radio transmissions).

    Let me put it this way, If you want an average Spy flick set in the second world war? Sure, this has some entertainment value to it.

    Are you a fan of the original source material? Stay away from this show. You'll just be disappointed.

    That fact that they even use the music from the film makes this even worse.

    It's not a terrible show, but it's a terrible adaptation of an amazing movie and book.    … Full Review »
  3. neilson
    Aug 3, 2019
    8
    Suspenseful, entertaining and a fascinating look at a brother and sister torn between their German motherland and their personal desire forSuspenseful, entertaining and a fascinating look at a brother and sister torn between their German motherland and their personal desire for freedom and justice. Only thing that was off was Lizzie Caplan's role - she didn't play it right and the character was kind of weird and unexplained and not fully developed.… Full Review »
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