Mare of Easttown

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 18, 2021
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 42
  3. Negative: 0 out of 42
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  1. Empire
    Reviewed by: Ian Freer
    Sep 20, 2021
    60
    An ambitious attempt to do more than a routine crime show, Mare Of Easttown doesn’t always work, but it’s worth it for Winslet’s downbeat, complicated cop.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Apr 13, 2021
    60
    Mare mostly does well treading over territory as well-worn as the fictionalized Easttown itself, but without that extra creative spark that’s elevated similar projects like True Detective and Top of the Lake above the grim story at their hearts.
  3. The Detroit News
    Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Apr 15, 2021
    58
    Winslet elevates everything, but “Mare of Easttown” needs some serious elevating out of its dreariness and familiarity. It’s certainly watchable but also predictable. Look elsewhere for light.
  5. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Apr 14, 2021
    50
    The cast is certainly a good one, and Winslet is too much of a pro not to make Mare worth watching, at least most of her time on screen. It's all the time in between that's the problem.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Candice Frederick
    Apr 5, 2021
    50
    While it's somewhat exciting to try to guess the killer, the series wastes potential to dig into its characters and their relationships, and the landscape is the more lasting feeling after finishing the final episode. It just leaves you with a noticeably detached feeling of, "Okay, well that's done."
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Apr 15, 2021
    40
    Some style in the direction or honest feeling in the screenplay could have mitigated the dreariness, but “Mare” doesn’t offer much beyond Ben Richardson’s burnished cinematography. ... The script doesn’t give Winslet enough to do beyond suffering and lashing out ... [Later episodes] may give Winslet more room to operate, but it probably won’t make “Mare of Easttown” any less obvious or colorless.

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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 81 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 81
  3. Negative: 4 out of 81
  1. marsha_brightly
    Apr 20, 2021
    10
    Winslet is phenomenal here.....it really brings you to small town scene and feel like you live there natively
  2. MarcDoyle
    Apr 18, 2021
    9
    Outstanding first episode with a tremendous cast. Winslet's accent is a little "odd", but for the most part, I'm very excited to see whereOutstanding first episode with a tremendous cast. Winslet's accent is a little "odd", but for the most part, I'm very excited to see where the season goes. It's a little unfortunate, however, that every good, cutting-edge show on Premium cable has to be about people being cruel to each other. Absolutely brutal.… Full Review »
  3. fj007
    Jun 5, 2021
    7
    After watching the whole season: Kate Winslet is great, and most other actors are at least very well too. But what starts out as a storyAfter watching the whole season: Kate Winslet is great, and most other actors are at least very well too. But what starts out as a story showing a very interesting character stuck in some personal hell becomes at the end total kitsch, basically implying there is nothing a bit of therapy and a good hug cannot fix. So looking back the grim and realistic beginning looks like an avoidable choice. Thus the writers betrayed the world and the characters they invented in the first episodes to give the audience a warm and fuzzy feeling at the end.… Full Review »
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