NYC Epicenters 9/11 -> 2021 1/2

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 22, 2021
Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

Critic Reviews

  1. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Odie Henderson
    Aug 20, 2021
    100
    Masterful work.... This series is an extremely well-constructed dissertation. There are 200 people interviewed here, some I knew of beforehand and many I did not, and I won’t forget any of them. Lee seamlessly works in musical digressions and movie footage as commentary. ... You may not feel the documentary’s love for its location and its people as much as I do, but you will feel how powerfully that love is rendered.
  2. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Rodrigo Perez
    Aug 20, 2021
    91
    ‘NYC Epicenters’ can be indulgent at times—and I’m not sure who did the font and color treatments on the chyrons that could use a lot of work—but regardless of some flaws, it’s powerful, insightful, and endlessly captivating once it locks into its groove. Lee’s personal essay is also moving, profound, traumatizing, and triggering as you witness the events of the last few difficult years unfold all over again.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Richard Roeper
    Aug 20, 2021
    88
    Comprehensive and illuminating. ... Through it all, Spike Lee’s lifelong love affair with New York City and its people is fierce and unwavering.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Sep 9, 2021
    80
    Lee’s interviews — with hundreds of people, from high elected officials to heavy-equipment operators at ground zero — are warm, emotional, sometimes sparring. ... Lee’s passionate heckler’s breed of New York-ness may be the best suited to this subject. He is loving and critical, impulses that New Yorkers know as synonyms. And his focus on diversity and race helps him find less-heard voices in a much-told story.
  6. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Inkoo Kang
    Sep 9, 2021
    80
    There’s a lot to like about this stylish and personal portrait of New York’s heart and vigor. ... There’s as much of Lee as there is of his subjects in “NYC Epicenters,” but the authorial presence adds to the miniseries’ intimacy and sense of transparency.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Aug 19, 2021
    80
    It made me feel that this was the one 9/11 anniversary reflection I need to watch. I’m not a New Yorker, but NYC Epicenters offers big, emotionally heightened drama, punctuated by big, openhearted humanity and humor. Even in its flaws, it’s Spike Lee at his most Spike Lee — and, perhaps ultimately, at his best.

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User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 5 out of 11
  1. LatinCritic13
    Aug 22, 2021
    10
    Spike Lee's documentary joint is a timeless piece of literature that must be seen after the **** we're currently dealing with right now. It'sSpike Lee's documentary joint is a timeless piece of literature that must be seen after the **** we're currently dealing with right now. It's bold, depressing, and masterfully provocative that captures today's struggles in modern day pandemic America. And this is the documentary feature that needs to be seen on the big screen!… Full Review »
  2. Amilbank
    Aug 24, 2021
    0
    Reverse racism at its best. The universal leftist playbook advertising that Trump could’ve handled the pandemic better is getting old. WhitesReverse racism at its best. The universal leftist playbook advertising that Trump could’ve handled the pandemic better is getting old. Whites and blacks have the same opportunities and are equal in their potential to make mistakes.… Full Review »
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