Harlots

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Season 1
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 29, 2017
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
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Critic Reviews

  1. Collider
    Reviewed by: Chris Cabin
    Mar 29, 2017
    40
    There’s a hesitancy to confront the thicket of conflicting emotions that are being hinted at underneath the not-so-charmed life of the Wells girls and the women they work with (or against) but the origins and the precariousness of these feelings never quite explored with any daring or seriousness. ...There is the constant use of the titular term, which rips you out of the action without care whenever it’s hurled about, but that’s not half as annoying as the music.

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74
#74 Best TV Season of 2017

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 36
  3. Negative: 12 out of 36
  1. JennetP
    Apr 5, 2017
    10
    A ripping good period drama that combines the exuberant depravity of 18th-century pornography (remember MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE?) withA ripping good period drama that combines the exuberant depravity of 18th-century pornography (remember MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE?) with a more sober-sided look at the costs of sex-for-hire. Great casting, especially Lesley Manville and Samantha Morton as rival madams, great sets, great costumes, hair, and makeup. I wrote a longer review but lost it when I tried to fix a spelling mistake, so let me summarize by giving it a thumbs-up. Or perhaps a #@#$%-up?… Full Review »
  2. HonneyNos
    Apr 3, 2017
    1
    Another show about women where they are either screeching or Victims. Or both. Lots of sex, all of it ugly and distasteful. I can hear theAnother show about women where they are either screeching or Victims. Or both. Lots of sex, all of it ugly and distasteful. I can hear the critics glowing about it, even though it's just another melodrama. A soap. With nice costumes stuffed with hackneyed stereotypes. Not anything to see. Move along.… Full Review »
  3. JennaRye
    May 7, 2017
    10
    AMAZING show...salacious, intriguing, and fun. It's not meant to be a stuffy historical drama and does a damn good job delivering grittyAMAZING show...salacious, intriguing, and fun. It's not meant to be a stuffy historical drama and does a damn good job delivering gritty action that keeps you hooked!… Full Review »
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