Marathon: The Patriot's Day Bombing
HBO | Release Date: November 21, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardNov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: A superb, bracing look at the terrorist attack on Boston and its aftermath. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: A very human, very moving documentary by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. Read full review
90
Yahoo TVKen TuckerNov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: A tremendously moving documentary. Read full review
80
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerNov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: As with all of the best examples of this genre--this film was not made to provide a feel-good moment that enables us to go back to forgetting about the bombing and those most affected by it. It was made to remind us that recovery is far harder and more complex than we realize. Read full review
80
Washington PostHank StueverNov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg’s moving HBO documentary Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing, produced with help from the Boston Globe, can be viewed as a thoughtful study of the lessons of magnitude. Read full review
75
Boston GlobePeter KeoughNov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: [An] restrained, eloquent, and artfully composed documentary. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergNov 21, 2016
Season 1 Review: These are stories that move at different paces, so cutting back and forth between a rehabilitation two years on and the terrifying and unsettling nights immediately after the bombing can be chronologically dissonant, as well as emotionally jarring. Read full review
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