Das Boot (2019)

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Season 1
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
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
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  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 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    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.    … Expand
  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 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    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.    … Expand
  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 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.
  4. UncleWillard
    Jul 10, 2019
    7
    Like others have mentioned, it starts out very good, but quickly devolves into some melodramatic subplots I didn't really get into. Das Boot is about submarines and that should have been the primary focus. The whole French Resistance sub-plot was terrible, even with some good acting by Lizzie Caplan and Tom Wlaschiha. Vicky Krieps did not impress me much, but that could be writing. JustLike others have mentioned, it starts out very good, but quickly devolves into some melodramatic subplots I didn't really get into. Das Boot is about submarines and that should have been the primary focus. The whole French Resistance sub-plot was terrible, even with some good acting by Lizzie Caplan and Tom Wlaschiha. Vicky Krieps did not impress me much, but that could be writing. Just mopey and confused most of the time. Out of her element, which seemed to be right for the character. She just didn't execute if very well for me. It definitely failed in the third act. It looked great, though. It did the source material justice. What ever happened to the young captain they set adrift and his sole supporter?… Expand
  5. SeussMyTub
    Jun 27, 2019
    4
    What could have been a good drama about German u-Boat crews devolves into terrorists and PC Germans. It seems both the protagonists (brother and sister) all end up as anti-Nazis through a combination of bad writing and poor plotting. Every WW2 cliche you could think of ends up in this show. Silly

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#89 Best TV Season of 2019

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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
  1. 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.
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  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Jasper Rees
    Jan 3, 2020
    60
    The USP of Das Boot 2.0 is that the underwater drama has to budge up to make room for landlubberly intrigue involving the resistance. On the plus side there’s Vicky Krieps, who was so ineffable in the film Phantom Thread, as Simone Strasser, a wartime translator from Alsace caught on the horns of a dilemma. ... Somehow it’s odd that she should be the best thing in a testosteroney drama about blowing up convoys.
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  3. 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.
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