Our Boys

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 12, 2019
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Nick Allen
    Aug 12, 2019
    50
    The series' intrigue appears to be held together by Shlomi Elkabetz, whose performance as the investigator at the center is calming but weighed down. ... You can too easily imagine "Our Boys" leaving a deeper impression by being half the episode length, or cut into a two-hour movie.

Awards & Rankings

24
#24 Best TV Season of 2019
94
#94 Most Discussed TV Season of 2019

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 4 out of 25
  1. MarcDoyle
    Aug 12, 2019
    9
    I've only seen the first couple of episodes so far, but it's riveting. It's a different feel than Fauda (Netflix), but the acting isI've only seen the first couple of episodes so far, but it's riveting. It's a different feel than Fauda (Netflix), but the acting is similarly superb. HBO has been on a roll lately, it feels.… Full Review »
  2. lagron
    Aug 14, 2019
    10
    incredibly emotional, intense and all around a great watch. Highly recommended!
  3. OlivierPiel
    Nov 14, 2019
    7
    Good that I stuck with it after Ep1 . The series get really going in Ep 2., when it focuses on the Arab family. The acting is excellent, theGood that I stuck with it after Ep1 . The series get really going in Ep 2., when it focuses on the Arab family. The acting is excellent, the pacing engrossing, and the writing very "realistic". The only downer is still the camera work, as I described in Ep 1 see below. In the second half of the series, and the focus on the perps, the show also sags along with the idiocy of Avishai, the arrogance of his cousin and the coward uncle. I felt that it failed to connect with the viewer and trivialised the murder. Cinematographically weak there again.

    First take:
    Ep 1 didn't do it for me. Plot-wise, it is certainly interesting and refreshing (had to research Jewish religion and Jerusalem geography quite a bit) and reminded me of the film Babel where destinies of strangers collide, but the cinematographic quality is quite poor imho. The photography is very bland and jerky, sort of an episode of 24, that is so old-fashioned by today's TV standards. The Arab characters and their motivations felt also quite clichéd, or at least far less nuanced than the Jewish ones.
    Let's see if it gets better    … Full Review »
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