Mare of Easttown

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 18, 2021
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
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  1. 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 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 avoidableAfter 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.… Expand
  2. GuaireGlas
    Apr 30, 2021
    10
    Kudos to Kate Winslet. I seldom get through dramatic series but Mare of Easttown has grabbed me and won't let go. Can't wait for the next episode.
  3. 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
  4. 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 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.
  5. ClariseSamuels
    Jun 3, 2021
    9
    The plot is a bit uneven, and I almost lost interest after Episode 1, but I came back to watch Kate Winslet play an American detective with a Pennsylvania accent. Winslet is a cop in Easttown, PA, a small town where everyone knows each other and where her character, detective Mare Sheehan, has to both solve murders and take care of trivial complaints. She is a divorced mom who has aThe plot is a bit uneven, and I almost lost interest after Episode 1, but I came back to watch Kate Winslet play an American detective with a Pennsylvania accent. Winslet is a cop in Easttown, PA, a small town where everyone knows each other and where her character, detective Mare Sheehan, has to both solve murders and take care of trivial complaints. She is a divorced mom who has a rebellious teenaged daughter, a drug-addicted son who committed suicide, and a grandson whom she is raising. The grandson’s mother, also drug addicted, has been through rehab and now wants to regain custody of the child that Mare adores. As Mare explains to her date (Guy Pearce), "My life is a sh*t show."

    Winslet breaks new ground with this role where she is neither British nor beautiful. She has to work hard to look middle-aged and plain, which she achieves with no make-up, hair with dark roots that needed a fresh dye long ago, and by making her voluptuous curves look shapeless under worn jeans and Walmart hoodies. Even then, some of her luminescent beauty still shines through.

    Mare is emotionally exhausted, taking solace from family, a few close friends, and her work as a detective. She is tough on the outside, fragile on the inside. She is relentless and driven when she is seeking truth and justice. She has some nervous eccentricities that connect the outer and inner Mare so that occasionally she is a whole person, but never for very long. Her performance as a dedicated but jaded detective reminds me of Israeli actress Yael Sharoni, who also plays a detective in the series When Heroes Fly.

    Two young women in Easttown are missing, and a third has been found shot dead in the woods. The whodunit in a small town plays out like a game of Clue. No one really trusts each other, and there are ancient grudges and petty hostilities. Every suspect rings true until it is clear that everyone, including Mare, was barking up the wrong tree. When the two girls are eventually found, it is a bit too pat. They have been locked up in a room for some time, but they are relatively unscathed. It is the murder mystery that provides the most tension, along with the dramatic conflict between Mare's personal and professional life, which she navigates like a drunken sailor who swears a lot. In the end, however, the resolution of the major conflicts gives her some peace, and you know that she's going to nervously puff on her e-cigarette, purse her lips, and somehow manage to stop being haunted by the past as she resolutely walks toward the future.    … Expand
  6. Pdfortune
    Jun 11, 2021
    8
    Really good twists. Pace a little slow. Could have made it 6 episodes by removing a young female character that had a useless side storyline. I gave it an 8.
  7. Matchbox
    Aug 27, 2021
    10
    Simply one of the best works of TV or film that I've seen in the past five years. Absolutely loved it.
  8. geewah
    Jun 20, 2021
    9
    Winslet is fantastic in this series which is much more than a murder mystery. It's also a touching human drama on loss, secrets and connections within a small community.
    One of 2021's best tv shows.
  9. juan1000000
    Jun 2, 2021
    10
    MEU DEUS AINDA EM ÊXTASE COM AQUELE PLOT TWIST!! comecei mare of easttown sem qualquer expectativa, mas a série continuou a me surpreender semanalmente até os momentos finais e não me arrependo de ter começado a assistir. kate winslet dá um show de atuação, auxiliada por um roteiro maestral que conseguiu ao mesmo tempo que nos envolver nos conflitos individuais de cada personagem, nosMEU DEUS AINDA EM ÊXTASE COM AQUELE PLOT TWIST!! comecei mare of easttown sem qualquer expectativa, mas a série continuou a me surpreender semanalmente até os momentos finais e não me arrependo de ter começado a assistir. kate winslet dá um show de atuação, auxiliada por um roteiro maestral que conseguiu ao mesmo tempo que nos envolver nos conflitos individuais de cada personagem, nos deixava ansioso para entender o que realmente estava acontecendo naquela cidade. com certeza minha favorita do ano, torcendo por muito por ela no próximo emmy.… Expand

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#43 Best TV Season of 2021
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#59 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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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
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Emily Baker
    Dec 3, 2021
    80
    Mare of Easttown worked best as a sorry portrait of backwater America, but (despite echoes of a grubbier, more depressing Big Little Lies) was far from style over substance. It was slow, but all the better for it.
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  2. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Brian McIver
    Dec 2, 2021
    100
    Winslet is in stunning form as the put-upon but never downtrodden cop and matriarch. ... This is high-end telly at its best, packed with intrigue, suspicion, horror and reluctant heroics.
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  3. 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.
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