The Anarchists
HBO | Release Date: July 10, 2022
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
CNNBrian LowryJul 11, 2022
Season 1 Review: The weirder "The Anarchists" gets, the more compelling it becomes. Read full review
70
DeciderJoel KellerJul 11, 2022
Season 1 Review: If The Anarchists were just about the movement itself, it would be boring and enraging. But because it’s about how the movement got infiltrated by people who made things increasingly chaotic and violent, we’re ready to see where the rest of the series goes. Read full review
70
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJul 11, 2022
Season 1 Review: It’s a fascinating portrait of against-the-grain dissenters and their pipe dreams of true freedom, commencing with promise and concluding with the age-old lesson that you should be careful what you wish for. Read full review
60
TimeJudy BermanJul 11, 2022
Season 1 Review: The characters are captivating—so much so that their personalities often overpower Schramke’s own perspective. Read full review
50
SalonMelanie McFarlandJul 11, 2022
Season 1 Review: Schramke's ability to wrangle all of these narratives into a coherent form proves to be sporadic and limited at best. ... But whatever draw it might muster comes down to something far more basic, explained in the words of Juan Galt (yup, no relation): the anarchy dream crashes against the reality of human conflict, and drama and s**t hitting the fan. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 11, 2022
Season 1 Review: It’s not bad, but sometimes a six-part series ends up being ideal for viewers who have the approximate six hours to see past a project’s padding to a leaner, more purposeful version of its own story. Read full review
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