The Bomb

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Season 1
  • Network: PBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 28, 2015
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

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

Critic Reviews

  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Jul 31, 2015
    80
    Overstuffed yet altogether gripping work.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Jul 28, 2015
    80
    PBS goes deeper than Smithsonian [The Day the Bomb Dropped], partly because it’s a two-hour show, but also because it raises the thorny isue of whether that first bomb needed to be dropped at all.

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  1. undercontrol
    Aug 13, 2015
    6
    The documentary entails a lot of great vintage (and remastered) footage but is vague on most of the historical issues and details. Don't getThe documentary entails a lot of great vintage (and remastered) footage but is vague on most of the historical issues and details. Don't get me wrong, it is very interesting and makes some good points about the danger of the bomb; but in my opinion something was missing.… Full Review »