Escape At Dannemora

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 18, 2018
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 65 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 65
  3. Negative: 4 out of 65
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  1. nbou
    Nov 28, 2018
    0
    I"m writing from Malone. I worked Clinton (Dannemora) for 12 years. I know Palmer, Tilly was married to my cousin (before Mitchell).

    First, what's with the Chicago accents? Second, I've lived in that jail. Inmates don't have "papers" ( I still don't get that scene) and the yard scene is missing CO's. That just doesn't happen. There are CO's all over that yard. The picnic table    I"m writing from Malone. I worked Clinton (Dannemora) for 12 years. I know Palmer, Tilly was married to my cousin (before Mitchell).

    First, what's with the Chicago accents?

    Second, I've lived in that jail. Inmates don't have "papers" ( I still don't get that scene) and the yard scene is missing CO's. That just doesn't happen. There are CO's all over that yard. The picnic table scene makes no sense at all, and the "shakedown" guard's hair touches his collar. Doesn't happen.

    Also, the cell block looks like the old Oz set.

    Palmer never had keys to to catwalk. I never had them ( and he would have reported to me ).    … Expand
  2. EludiumQ36
    Mar 8, 2019
    2
    This film dramatizes the actual 2015 escape from this prison. I was REALLY looking forward to this but the decision to present it as seven hour-long episodes is a Fail, which they seemingly knew since they lopped off one of the typical eight eps. Ben Stiller still struggles in television and film as either actor or director. He does nothing to distinguish himself in the latter role withThis film dramatizes the actual 2015 escape from this prison. I was REALLY looking forward to this but the decision to present it as seven hour-long episodes is a Fail, which they seemingly knew since they lopped off one of the typical eight eps. Ben Stiller still struggles in television and film as either actor or director. He does nothing to distinguish himself in the latter role with this sleep-inducing series which brings you all the gray depression and sordid relationships of the prison environment. You'll be forgiven if you bail after ep1, don't waste yours and others' lives trying to power through it.… Expand

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#35 Best TV Season of 2018
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#64 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018
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#2 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    Dec 5, 2018
    80
    Patricia Arquette’s excellence as Tilly is the strongest selling point of a show where the points of an unsurprising plotline are subordinate to a memorable intensity of performances.
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  2. Vanity Fair
    Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Nov 19, 2018
    80
    Though the series, directed by Ben Stiller, runs a tad too long, Arquette leads a phalanx of wonderful performances through a discomfiting, true story.
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  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Nov 19, 2018
    60
    Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin structure the eight-part series well enough, scripting crisp dialogue and tense scenes that allow Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette and Paul Dano to rip into every frame with their performances. ... But the ponderous construction involved in getting there places a drag on its energy, to the point that the production asks not for the audience’s patience as much as perseverance.
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