Graves

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Season 1
  • Network: MGM+
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 16, 2016
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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Critic Reviews

  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Oct 13, 2016
    83
    It’s a big step up from Amazon’s “Alpha House.” Plus, through three episodes, the well-performed, warmly funny tale is also fair to both sides of the aisle. And it’s got some big ideas to boot.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Oct 17, 2016
    80
    It does not go deep. And yet in its moments, Graves can be quite persuasive, even moving. (It can be corny too, but corn can work.) Growling and grumbling like a spokesperson for phlegm as he takes Graves from childishness to youthfulness, Nolte finds everything touching in his character, and makes you feel it too.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Oct 6, 2016
    80
    The political comedy, starring Nick Nolte and Sela Ward, is both genuinely funny and genuinely moving, displaying a kind of rigor in its storytelling that is frequently lost on networks new to original programming.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Oct 14, 2016
    70
    Don’t scrutinize this series too closely; just enjoy the performances.

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 6 out of 22
  1. RichardGonci
    Oct 18, 2016
    9
    First off, when you start with Nick Nolte and Sela Ward you are already in my wheelhouse. This show will inflame some viewers, as it isFirst off, when you start with Nick Nolte and Sela Ward you are already in my wheelhouse. This show will inflame some viewers, as it is obviously casts slings and arrows at the right wing crazed dialogue in the country now. Though, it was sooo funny that the producers got Rudy Giuliani to appear! The obvious "blush" to George W. Bush as the "worst President in America, with Nolte rendering a reconstructed version thereof in the post-presidency space, is brilliant. We need antidote to hate speech now, and this is a hoot and a half.… Full Review »
  2. sedstrom
    Jan 24, 2017
    10
    NICK NOLTE IS BACK! His acting is brilliant in this clever, intelligent drama/comedy. Sela Ward is PERFECT! And all the other characters areNICK NOLTE IS BACK! His acting is brilliant in this clever, intelligent drama/comedy. Sela Ward is PERFECT! And all the other characters are amazing and perfectly cast. The guy who plays Isiah is fantastic! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS SHOW!… Full Review »
  3. Qldgamer
    Oct 29, 2016
    2
    This was a train wreck in progress, dull plot and characters that I have zero interest in. If the ideas are relevant in the US then it is notThis was a train wreck in progress, dull plot and characters that I have zero interest in. If the ideas are relevant in the US then it is not translating OS.… Full Review »
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