Families Like Ours
Netflix | Release Date: June 10, 2025
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The New York TimesMike HaleJun 11, 2025
Season 1 Review: Vinterberg’s writing and direction, and most of the performances, are sufficiently understated that the drama works on you, and by the last episodes the physical and psychological travails of the fleeing Danes have real force. Read full review
80
The TelegraphKeith WatsonJun 2, 2025
Season 1 Review: Fascinating and infuriating in equal measure and ultimately oddly moving, for all its flaws, Families Like Ours pulls you into its emotional slipstream and won’t let go. Read full review
70
DeciderJoel KellerJun 11, 2025
Season 1 Review: While the evacuation aspect of Families Like Us makes us almost as queasy as one of the characters became while hearing that news, it does set up an interesting circumstance to explore family bonds and how they change in extreme situations. Read full review
60
The GuardianLucy ManganJun 2, 2025
Season 1 Review: It doesn’t preach, it does have the themes work through the characters instead of the other way round (and has a cast stuffed with Danish heavyweights to help it). But it all feels a bit thin, a bit bloodless – like a thought experiment made flesh rather than a compelling, provocative drama. Read full review
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