Miss Austen
PBS | Release Date: May 4, 2025
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
ColliderMaggie BoccellaMay 5, 2025
Season 1 Review: There’s little to be said about how much of the series is taken up by a plot that doesn’t quite mesh with its overarching themes of grief and familial love. The series’ real juice comes when it focuses on Hawes as the elder Cassandra. Read full review
60
The TelegraphAnita Singh Feb 3, 2025
Season 1 Review: It’s a pleasant way to pass an hour. The insurmountable problem is that if you make a period drama about Jane Austen, it automatically draws comparison to a period drama by Jane Austen, and it will be found wanting. Read full review
60
The IndependentNick HiltonFeb 3, 2025
Season 1 Review: It’s rather an unfair standard to hold them to. Miss Austen might not achieve the sororal interplay of the Dashwoods in Sense and Sensibility, the emotional range of Anne Elliot in Persuasion, or the romantic badinage of Mr Knightley and young Miss Woodhouse in Emma, but there’s still plenty to be admired. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Andrew AnthonyFeb 10, 2025
Season 1 Review: This adaptation of Gill Hornby’s novel has all the familiar Austen components – creepy clergyman, spiteful in-law, yearning young lovers – except sharp wit. Read full review
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