Little Fires Everywhere

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Season 1
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 18, 2020
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 5 out of 25
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  1. forwardswill
    Mar 19, 2020
    10
    A superb adaptation. Reese Witherspoon has done it again and Kerry Washington may just be set to give the performance of a lifetime.
  2. alx3000
    Jul 28, 2020
    3
    Starts off well enough, and Reese Witherspoon and Pacey are both good as themselves, but gets worse as the season progresses. The overacting from the others, the constant mouth hanging (close your mouths, people) and the massively implausible plot and twists all hurt. Congratulations on capturing the feel of the 90s though! The clumsy, trite, facile treatment of race and gender issuesStarts off well enough, and Reese Witherspoon and Pacey are both good as themselves, but gets worse as the season progresses. The overacting from the others, the constant mouth hanging (close your mouths, people) and the massively implausible plot and twists all hurt. Congratulations on capturing the feel of the 90s though! The clumsy, trite, facile treatment of race and gender issues really reminds of series made 25 years ago, although at least they had the excuse that they didn’t know better?… Expand
  3. aantik4444
    Mar 27, 2020
    2
    It was quite entertaining until they introduced the ridiculous Chinese woman storyline in episode 2 or 3. I kept hoping it would go away in the next episode but from that moment on the entire series has revolved around it. Reese Witherspoon is superb though, she's the one whose acting elevates the poor writing.
  4. Murphydh1
    Apr 5, 2020
    4
    Clunky, VERY predictable plot lines . It is a soap opera treatment of the novel complete with the overacting. Thankfully it is only six episodes . The best that can be said is that it passes the time
  5. truerock
    Nov 26, 2020
    8
    Let's start with a few basics regarding writing a review.

    First, there is no particular reason why a movie script would necessarily accurately portray a book it was based on. In fact, in general movie scripts reflect a different artistic medium as compared to books and it is expected that they will be different. Suggesting that a movie script should be exactly like the book it is    Let's start with a few basics regarding writing a review.

    First, there is no particular reason why a movie script would necessarily accurately portray a book it was based on. In fact, in general movie scripts reflect a different artistic medium as compared to books and it is expected that they will be different. Suggesting that a movie script should be exactly like the book it is based on is ridiculous and such expectations reflect poorly on the intelligence of an individual expecting movie scripts and the books be the same.

    Secondly, it is irrelevant whether the characters or the movie script reflects the reviewers beliefs and opinions. Expecting movies to reflect your opinions and not liking movies (or anything) that is different from your opinion is ridiculous and reflects narrow, unintelligent characteristics of an individual who has such expectations.

    So yes, Little Fires Everywhere is different than the novel it was based on - and, that is irrelevant.

    The characters in the movie have behaviors, attitudes and beliefs that some individuals might not agree with or like. That does not provide a reason to not like the movie. If anything, an intelligent individual actively seeks out points of view different than what the individual has. This is how a person grows intellectually.

    So, now - with that out of the way, we can address the artistic merits of Little Fires Everywhere.

    The acting in this series is more than good, it is excellent. The directing , editing and other technicals are also excellent. I don't think an objective observer could suggest otherwise.

    In regard to the script, it is a take on the rich-person-vs-poor-person genre. It obviously draws strong emotional reactions from some individuals. I would think that any reasonably curious and intellectually astute individual would find this version of this plot to be compelling. I certainly found it worthy of my attention and thought provoking enough to be carefully watched. I did not necessarily agree with all of the points of view represented in this series - but, I respected those points of view and tried to reflect on my thoughts and why they are different from those portrayed in the series.    … Expand

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#93 Most Discussed TV Season of 2020

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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Rodrigo Perez
    Oct 5, 2020
    50
    For all the intense and scalding emotional infernos in “Little Fires Everywhere,” its tendencies to lean into the hot agitation of blood and thunder just becomes too sweltering to bear and averting the disasters in overplaying drama becomes impossible.
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  2. Movie Nation
    Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    Aug 12, 2020
    63
    Suspense shows up in the “secrets” that are inevitable in stories this soap operatic. Because that’s what this is, mysteries, conflicts and relationships teased out over eight hours — no cliffhangers — building back towards that opening blaze. And “on the nose” or not, even if the parts don’t much in the way of “She’s really stretching here,” there’s something to be said in very good actresses taking a pitch, right in their wheelhouse, and belting it.
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  3. Reason.com
    May 26, 2020
    60
    It's a show that's sometimes funny, sometimes, touching, often disturbing, and almost always hard to look away from except in horror.
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