Marathon: The Patriot's Day Bombing
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 21, 2016
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12

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  1. Jcondic
    Nov 28, 2016
    8
    It is so easy for a documentary like this to become manipulative, but the directors Anne Sundberg and Ricki Stern showed the subject matter a great deal of respect and restraint. I didn’t expect the emotional rollercoaster that I went through watching this film. Each person’s story has its own arc and they’re all able to come together to where it all started, before the blast. they’veIt is so easy for a documentary like this to become manipulative, but the directors Anne Sundberg and Ricki Stern showed the subject matter a great deal of respect and restraint. I didn’t expect the emotional rollercoaster that I went through watching this film. Each person’s story has its own arc and they’re all able to come together to where it all started, before the blast. they’ve been through hell, but their spirit and will power isn’t going to let terror win.… Expand

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#33 Best TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Peter Keough
    Nov 21, 2016
    75
    [An] restrained, eloquent, and artfully composed documentary.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Nov 21, 2016
    70
    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.
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  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Nov 21, 2016
    91
    A superb, bracing look at the terrorist attack on Boston and its aftermath.
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