The Collection

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Season 1
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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Critic Reviews

  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Oct 5, 2017
    70
    In a show otherwise devoted to clean lines, sumptuous textures and nuanced colors, the life of its characters is one tangled mess. It’s all very engaging, of course, as are a number of the ancillary characters. ... But more than a little of the dialogue clashes, like stripes and plaids, with the overall authenticity of The Collection.
  2. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Feb 22, 2017
    70
    While this is hardly the first complicated sibling relationship in a TV series, this one has the overlay of unspoken things both men apparently felt extraordinary circumstances had forced them to do.
  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Hanh Nguyen
    Feb 10, 2017
    67
    In achieving this cohesive collection, the designer must learn to edit. And so must this series.
  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Oct 4, 2017
    60
    The show is overcrowded with mysteries, mysteries that may be intentionally but seem quite unintentionally muddy. In other words, The Collection is, like so much high fashion, great to look at but harder to live in.
  6. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: Rob Lowman
    Oct 9, 2017
    50
    While often a sumptuous watch, it too often strays into the gaudy.
  7. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Feb 13, 2017
    50
    The murky and unnecessary string of overwrought mysteries makes it sadly skippable.
  8. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Feb 10, 2017
    50
    The Collection can be pretty to look at, but first impressions will not lead to second glances.

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User Score
5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 4 out of 9
  1. EFRAM
    Apr 4, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I love shows about fashion so I wanted to really like this series. While I found the subject matter and the setting interesting enough,the writing was uneven,the characters simply drawn and the plot-lines overwrought with too many mysterious loose ends. Mr Goldstick can sometimes write interesting dialogue, but too often his story development skips steps or seems to come from an unknown motivation. He might have been better served by limiting his storylines to the Sabine families indiscretions during the war and how their collaboration with the Nazi's provided the impetus,desire
    and motivation for them to create a fashion house which sought to both insulate and promulgate a societal change in post WWII Paris. That having been said, the style of the show outshone the substance and the acting was uniformly good. Worth a watch, but keep expectations at bay    … Full Review »
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