Get Millie Black
HBO | Release Date: November 25, 2024
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydNov 28, 2024
Season 1 Review: Doing everything right. .... The characters are vivid, unpredictable in a human way and perfectly played. The five-part series feels original, not quite like anything we’ve seen before. Created by the Booker Prize-winning Jamaican novelist Marlon James, it registers as authentic to its place and people, while being true to the noir tradition — tropical Raymond Chandler. Read full review
90
SlateLaura MillerNov 25, 2024
Season 1 Review: So much of Get Millie Black is familiar, but what makes the series fresh is the conviction it brings to the genre’s pro forma tropes. .... Get Millie Black—with its indelible characters and vivid performances—actually makes you feel how much Millie stands to lose. Read full review
88
The Mercury NewsRandy MyersDec 13, 2024
Season 1 Review: Terrific. .... “Get Millie Black” devotes time to all of its characters’ stories, which heightens its portrayal of why Black is so determined to bring bad people to justice at all costs. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Barbara EllenMar 10, 2025
Season 1 Review: This is a drama rich in complexities. In a virtuoso performance, Lawrance holds the centre as the bold, uncompromising Millie Black. Read full review
80
The TimesCarol MidgleyMar 7, 2025
Season 1 Review: Each episode is narrated by a different character, rather like a novel, which adds to this series’ feeling of freshness and originality. Read full review
80
iEmily WatkinsMar 7, 2025
Season 1 Review: James’ writing is overwhelmingly smart and surprising. Coupled with stellar performances, especially from Lawrance and McQueen, Get Millie Black is as far from the bog-standard police procedural as Jamaica’s Kingston is from London. Read full review
80
The IndependentPhil HarrisonMar 6, 2025
Season 1 Review: Even as the central mystery approaches some sort of resolution, the writing and performances, the perspectives and subjective points of view are compelling enough to leave these stories hanging alluringly. Get Millie Black lives and breathes. This might be a crime thriller, but it isn’t just a crime thriller. Read full review
80
DeciderJoel KellerNov 26, 2024
Season 1 Review: Get Millie Black is fascinating not only because of its Jamaican setting but Lawrance’s performance as someone trying to figure out her place as much as she’s trying to figure out the case at hand. Read full review
80
The New York TimesMargaret LyonsNov 25, 2024
Season 1 Review: Each episode has a different anchor character providing the perspective and narration, and each character, including the one-offs, has a clear voice. Millie is our star, but she is part of a bright constellation. Read full review
80
VarietyAramide TinubuNov 25, 2024
Season 1 Review: James, who based Millie on his mother, Detective Inspector Shirley Dillon-James, presents a deeply engaging world of characters driven by their unbridled impulses and haunted by ghosts they can’t exorcise. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergNov 20, 2024
Season 1 Review: If the twists are too easily visible and the revelations a hair too formulaic, however, James still treats the genre and its conventions with respect. The dialogue has an effective crackle, blending theatrical repartee and low-key Jamaican patois with the writer’s poetic impulses in a way that makes every character seem distinctive, even if they only get a few lines. Read full review
70
RogerEbert.comNandini BalialNov 25, 2024
Season 1 Review: "Get Millie Black," inspired by a short story by Marlon James, must rely on its ensemble to save the day from fairly rote filmmaking. Fortunately, this is a mostly successful gambit. Read full review
70
ColliderIsabella SoaresNov 20, 2024
Season 1 Review: Lawrance's fierceness and dedication transpire in her portrayal of the protagonist, and her scenes with McQueen are the show's highlight. Yet, the series does miss a beat when it comes to the true crime formula. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubWhitney FriedlanderNov 20, 2024
Season 1 Review: Judging on the first four episodes provided for review, what Millie—like Mare and the others before it—might lack in surprising criminal revelations it more than makes up for in compelling characters, dialogue, and environments. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneNina MetzNov 27, 2024
Season 1 Review: Though a fairly conventional cop show, the Kingston setting is a refreshing change visually and culturally. Read full review
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