Queen Cleopatra
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: May 10, 2023
Metascore
45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Leila Latif
    May 10, 2023
    60
    Despite having to vacillate between descriptions of her subject as a politician, a seductress and a warrior, James manages to excel in each. She brings intelligence and nuance to a performance that is strikingly better than what surrounds her.
  2. Movie Nation
    Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    May 10, 2023
    50
    The approach here is limited, more History Channel (“History Channel lite”) in its authority than your typical PBS or BBC produced history.
  3. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    May 11, 2023
    40
    Obviously it can’t be serious historians (although it has serious historians in it) because they don’t need key moments acted out by thespians hamming it up like an episode of Tracy Beaker. Then again it has too many clever talking heads to please those who like history served up like Carry On Cleo.
  5. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    May 10, 2023
    40
    Though we liked the experts that were interviewed for Queen Cleopatra, as well as Adele James’ performance as the famous queen, the dramatic sequences leave too much to be desired to keep us from just reading about Cleopatra online to get the information we want.
  6. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    May 10, 2023
    40
    Narratively it flows well, and does a halfway decent job of explaining why she was such a significant figure. But it’s too soapy for serious history fans, and not enough of a soap for viewers who like juicy historical dramas.

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User Score
0.1

Overwhelming dislike- based on 383 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 383
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 383
  3. Negative: 380 out of 383
  1. enut_butter
    May 10, 2023
    0
    Dumb, poorly-made, cheap-looking, wildly-inaccurate. A complete and total mess on every level. The one good thing it did was remind me toDumb, poorly-made, cheap-looking, wildly-inaccurate. A complete and total mess on every level. The one good thing it did was remind me to cancel my Netflix account.… Full Review »
  2. Normann85
    May 10, 2023
    0
    Racist revisionist garbage. If it were ANY other race appropriating the black people/culture, it would instantly get canelled.
  3. dimibrown
    May 10, 2023
    0
    This is garbage very offensive garbage!!! It is the same if Hollywood made a documentary about Nelson Mandela but the actor must be whiteThis is garbage very offensive garbage!!! It is the same if Hollywood made a documentary about Nelson Mandela but the actor must be white skin. Can you imagine what would happen? and how educated people act by staying without shouting or looting. I think we must do it cause of all those years all these swaps for no reason, just because.… Full Review »
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