One Hundred Years of Solitude

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 11, 2024
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16

Critic Reviews

  1. The Observer (UK)
    Reviewed by: Barbara Ellen
    Dec 30, 2024
    60
    There’s much to relish here – lushly fantastical visuals; a sense of spirit and ambition – but it’s not for the faint-hearted.
  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Jack Seale
    Dec 11, 2024
    60
    The story is split into two parts, with a second batch of eight episodes coming next year. But in the latter part of this first half, the bloody brutality of the war scenes effects a timely shift in tone, just as the soapy family saga is about to repeat itself too many times.
  3. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Cristina Escobar
    Dec 12, 2024
    50
    From literally earth-shaking organisms to ghosts to the plague of insomnia, this production spares no expense, transporting the viewer to a more visually dense and compelling Macondo than I ever imagined. .... But there’s no escaping that this rich world is part of the twisted mind of Márquez. He may be a literary hero, but the man had damaging views of sex and gender. His work consistently glamorizes sex with minors and the type of male privilege that powers sexual exploitation.