Fahrenheit 451
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: May 19, 2018
User Score
3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 74 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 74
  3. Negative: 36 out of 74

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  1. eva3si0n
    Jul 11, 2018
    1
    The modern screen version by classics of anti-utopia causes in me only disappointment and despondency. This movie one big spittle in a face to all readers of the original.
    Why Monteg became black? Where his wife?
    What the hell the novel culmination in general another in difference from the original. Where nuclear explosion? The only light spot of this "work" - an excellent game of the    The modern screen version by classics of anti-utopia causes in me only disappointment and despondency. This movie one big spittle in a face to all readers of the original.
    Why Monteg became black? Where his wife?
    What the hell the novel culmination in general another in difference from the original. Where nuclear explosion?
    The only light spot of this "work" - an excellent game of the actor of Michael Shannon. For him it is possible and to give 1 point estimates.
    The worst screen version of the literary work that I saw.    … Expand
  2. Aproxx
    Aug 4, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was a really poor Black Mirror episode. Like, of the really worst. The freedom of thought is a good premise, I guess, but its been done before too many times. Without a budget (clearly), at least you can write something new to the tale. You can make the characters more nuanced, or smart. And that's the problem with this movie, I just don't really know what I saw. Was the protagonist a repressed book lover doing what it was easiest or just doing what his father did or the opposite of what his father did out of fear? It's not clear. Was the villain Michael Shannon a secretly book lover, a selfish dude that play the part of books hater because it was easy but secretly loved to read and create? It's not clear. Nothing was clear in this crap… Expand

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Critic Reviews

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Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 19
  3. Negative: 4 out of 19
  1. Slate
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    May 22, 2018
    50
    The world of Fahrenheit 451 is often more interesting than the film itself, which, after a brisk start, gets bogged down by sluggish pacing and a confusing new addition involving DNA storage.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Darren Franich
    May 18, 2018
    25
    The dialogue sounds tin, near-parodic. ... Fahrenheit 451 has it heart in the right place, but its head sure crawled up somewhere.
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  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    May 18, 2018
    42
    A disappointing film that can’t seem to rise above room temperature.
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