The A Word

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
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  1. PoeticDumpling
    Jul 13, 2016
    9
    I agree with majority of the critics here. First off, this series is worth your time. Joe alone will win your heart and the journey of awakening the family takes is meaningful. Some of the side plots or sub-plots are a little weaker and you will be finding yourself pining for more Joe time, but stick with it. Sometimes the family members get dramatic and go on annoying tangents, butI agree with majority of the critics here. First off, this series is worth your time. Joe alone will win your heart and the journey of awakening the family takes is meaningful. Some of the side plots or sub-plots are a little weaker and you will be finding yourself pining for more Joe time, but stick with it. Sometimes the family members get dramatic and go on annoying tangents, but stick with it. Episode 3 has some excellent moments with a speech therapist. I am currently three episodes in. Also, as a music lover... this series satisfies with a solid soundtrack and wee lad singer, as well. There is a lot to love in this series. Sadly, the US will likely try to re-make it or something as usual. This series has already been renewed for Season 2 in UK which is a great sign, as well. The moments of humor and levity along with the strong magnetic central lead keep what could have been a too difficult or weighty series afloat upon watchable waters.… Expand

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#51 Best TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Jul 13, 2016
    90
    It's an absolute gem, delightful and thoughtful, serious, sad and also ridiculously funny. It's one of those series that ultimately bites off a bit more than it has time to deliver on, but it's never short on ambition and the talent to pull most of it off.
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  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Jul 13, 2016
    75
    If The A Word sounds dark and depressing, it isn't. Joe's autism is the central plot point, but this is also a messy soap opera about a family that's always butting heads.
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  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Molly Eichel
    Jul 13, 2016
    83
    [Five-year-old Joe Hughes (Max Vento)] doesn’t take direction, not because he’s obstinate, but because he can’t. Joe is also a wider part of the family portrait, which is one of The A Word’s greatest strengths. It shares that quality with another dramedy that used an autism-spectrum disorder to great narrative effect: Parenthood.
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