Fahrenheit 451
HBO | Release Date: May 19, 2018
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
12
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 16, 2018
Season 1 Review: Bahrani renders reading passive without any sense of irony, reducing books to a bland MacGuffin. Unsurprisingly, Bahrani fashions a classic into a futuristic chase film with endless torrents of exposition, which represents every culturally bastardizing tendency it pretends to decry. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzMay 17, 2018
Season 1 Review: No one expects in a 21st-century film version, an hour and a half in length, anything approaching the subtlety and character that went into Bradbury’s novel. Still one might have asked--of a film titled “Fahrenheit 451”--for more than a one-note rant. Read full review
30
TimeDaniel D'AddarioMay 14, 2018
Season 1 Review: This Fahrenheit 451 too often feels like an emojified version of its source material, cutting off anything more complex than an easy picture. Spend the time with a good book instead. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichMay 18, 2018
Season 1 Review: The dialogue sounds tin, near-parodic. ... Fahrenheit 451 has it heart in the right place, but its head sure crawled up somewhere. Read full review
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