My Brilliant Friend

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 18, 2018
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 84 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 84
  3. Negative: 6 out of 84
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  1. Brucey
    Dec 26, 2018
    4
    Halfway through the season. The depiction of small-town Italian life can be fascinating. But series is average. Hype is not justified. Wonder of people sometimes base their reviews on just one episode (the first one). Will certainly revise review if the last half of the season warrants it.

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#12 Best TV Season of 2018
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#75 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018
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#5 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
87

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Nov 26, 2018
    90
    With a sensationally authentic cast--this unsentimental story movingly depicts emotional resilience in changing times. [26 Nov - 9 Dec 2018, p.9]
  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Nov 19, 2018
    100
    My Brilliant Friend is presented in Italian with subtitles. Don’t let that scare you off. Take the journey. Amid the brutality, an intimacy and honesty unlike any other flourishes.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Nov 19, 2018
    70
    It takes awhile to catch fire, and for a viewer even to get his bearings, so numerous are its characters; but it does, and you will.
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