• Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 22, 2021
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

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  1. 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'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!
  2. 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. Whites and blacks have the same opportunities and are equal in their potential to make mistakes.
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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.