Lore
Amazon Prime | Prime Video | AMAZON | Release Date: October 12, 2017
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakOct 13, 2017
Season 1 Review: It all comes together spookily well, with Lore resembling nothing more than six late-night trips to the campfire for some splendidly spun creep-out stories. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyGerrad HallOct 15, 2018
Season 2 Review: Murder shoudln't be "fun" to watch, yet Lore is strangely engrossing. [19/26 Oct 2018, p.89]
70
Vox.comAja RomanoOct 13, 2017
Season 1 Review: The show sometimes relies too much on the power of its actors to bring home the reality of its horror, and this doesn’t always work--but when it does, it works very well. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonOct 12, 2017
Season 1 Review: Lore is a bit arch, and, predictably enough, a bit melodramatic. You wouldn’t exactly call the show’s historical re-enactments over-produced. ... Morbidly entertaining. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeOct 13, 2017
Season 1 Review: The majority of each episode consists of uninspired reenactments full of expository dialogue explaining the thought process behind decisions like digging up your dead daughter and turning her ashes into a tonic for your ailing son to drink. The idea of otherwise reasonable people doing irrational things out of fear is certainly an intriguing one. But surely there must be better ways to convey that than inert dialogue scenes. Read full review
58
IndieWireBen TraversOct 13, 2017
Season 1 Review: This series wants to be informative. It can entertain with its information, but the audience has no investment in what’s going on beyond curiosity, and live-action scenes take you out of what’s happening more than it endears audiences to the real people. Read full review
50
SalonMelanie McFarlandOct 13, 2017
Season 1 Review: As a visual series, it is stuck between the bulky, stiff material plane and the ethereal, failing to successfully transform into something at least as powerful, if not stronger, than what it already is. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergOct 12, 2017
Season 1 Review: Lore is a lackluster advertisement for the podcast for non-listeners and rarely distinctive enough to stand out as a TV show in its own right. Read full review
45
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 13, 2017
Season 1 Review: When Amazon’s Lore allows Mr. Mahnke to just tell a story, it’s pretty compelling. But when the show dives into dramatic re-creations of stories, Lore generally falters. Read full review
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