I Am The Night

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Season 1
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 28, 2019
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 31
  3. Negative: 4 out of 31
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  1. Zumadancer
    Feb 15, 2019
    5
    Chris Pine should fire his agent for putting him into such a mediocre role. It's just banal network TV -- all cliches and false emotion.
  2. Boudicca
    Feb 19, 2019
    1
    I enjoyed the premier but the show went down hill 90 miles an hour. The actress who plays Fauna is absolutely terrible at acting. And why the blue eyes? Too much emphasis on Jay Singletary's PTSD, use of drugs and alcohol. Would of been better to have made a movie or lowered the episodes to half. The writing is so poor I half suspect a 13 year old wrote it.
  3. Annvermilyea
    Feb 9, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Uuuuugh! So disappointed. David Lang? Really? The music is blaaah the story is just fulll of superfluous crap and the writing is horrible.… Expand
  4. Vickimage
    Feb 26, 2019
    8
    The best way to appreciate I Am The Night is as a mood piece. It doesn't contain a lot of plot and so the pacing seems sedate stretched over six hours. But what it lacks in story momentum it makes up for in atmosphere and a creeping tension. The performances from Chris Pyne and India Eisley are fine and the use of real Los Angeles locations including Lloyd Wright's famed Sowden House isThe best way to appreciate I Am The Night is as a mood piece. It doesn't contain a lot of plot and so the pacing seems sedate stretched over six hours. But what it lacks in story momentum it makes up for in atmosphere and a creeping tension. The performances from Chris Pyne and India Eisley are fine and the use of real Los Angeles locations including Lloyd Wright's famed Sowden House is another plus. If you like LA noirs such as Chinatown, The Big Sleep and LA Confidential you will find a lot to enjoy.… Expand
  5. Deisler
    Jan 30, 2019
    9
    very good 1st episode, the 60s setting is brilliant matched, and i want to know what is going on, so ill keep watching, chris pine great as always
  6. AxeT
    Mar 1, 2019
    6
    Classy production design and fine photography of an alluring period is a draw no doubt, but never enough anymore. Is this lurid well told true story with its salacious details suitable in a culture that can't help but watch such? Absolutely not, but that's where we unfortunately are as a society.
  7. buddhalou
    Mar 7, 2019
    7
    I almost gave up on it after the first couple of episodes, but stuck it out and was rewarded with some better episodes in the later half of the run. Chris Pine was solid throughout, as was the young lady playing Fauna Hodel. Overall, I think my issues with it were largely due to a lack of pace, but that was remedied somewhat in the final few eps.
  8. SeussMyTub
    Mar 17, 2019
    4
    Although the production values are good and really transports you into 1960's Los Angeles, the plot is slow and schizophrenic- it waffles between being a melodrama of a girl's coming of age at a time of racism and dark family secrets before suddenly switching back and forth into a murder mystery with the backdrop of a corrupt and decadent city.

    The ending is also a major letdown and    Although the production values are good and really transports you into 1960's Los Angeles, the plot is slow and schizophrenic- it waffles between being a melodrama of a girl's coming of age at a time of racism and dark family secrets before suddenly switching back and forth into a murder mystery with the backdrop of a corrupt and decadent city.

    The ending is also a major letdown and even anticlimactic. A valiant effort, but a mess.    … Expand
  9. BigD333
    Feb 24, 2019
    10
    I love this show! Chris Pine is sensational--great looking and such talent acting. India Eisley is also beautiful and creates such an air of intrigue. This series looks like something much more special than a free cable miniseries!
  10. LoudestOne
    May 16, 2019
    8
    We thought the acting was good, and the story is based on an actual tragic event. The music reminded us of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Shows the underworld that infects Hollywood to this day.
  11. geewah
    Apr 10, 2021
    6
    For a show that tries to cover a lot of heavy hitting themes in it's 6 episodes, it manages to do it an an extremely tedious manner.
    Could of been so much better.

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Robert Rorke
    Jan 30, 2019
    63
    In some ways, I Am the Night is too much--and not enough--of a good thing.
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  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Jan 29, 2019
    80
    Jenkins’ direction allows space for Pine’s performance to muscle through any holes and shortcomings in “I Am the Night,” while Eisley’s grace and silence convey the threat of the Hodels’ menace. As it comes together, the final cut isn’t quite a bleeding-edge thriller so much as a visually sumptuous, slightly filthy noir attraction that doesn’t necessarily shed outrageous new light on a vintage mystery. But it succeeds in elevating the best in the talent resurrecting a piece of it.
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  3. The Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kristi Turnquist
    Jan 29, 2019
    60
    Unfortunately, though Eisley is affecting, Fauna’s story feels like it’s skimmed over. The racial elements are intriguing. ... But, like Fauna’s character, this aspect of the tale is underdeveloped. Pine, who’s also an executive producer, has more success with Jay, giving a contemporary spin to a film noir-style antihero.
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