The Handmaid's Tale

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Season 3
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 26, 2017
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
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Critic Reviews

  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Jun 4, 2019
    60
    [The third season] sustains many of the qualities that first made the show such a talker (and award winner), with memorable performances and a fascinating vision of government oppression and cruelty in the name of God. ...The bad news is that the first half of this season (six episodes were made available for this review) often lapses into the realm of the deadly dull, making long and redundant loops around its original premise and revisiting already established resentments and animosities between characters.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Jun 5, 2019
    50
    What’s strange about “Handmaid’s Tale” three seasons deep is that it keeps hammering home its greatest hits to the detriment of the possible new avenues it could explore. ... Bledel remains a standout as she portrays Emily’s hesitation and longing. ... Her story is the kind of intimate horror that “The Handmaid’s Tale” once excelled at homing in on, but in its determination to make June a #resistance figure, it keeps leaving its most potentially effective moments by the wayside.
  3. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Jun 5, 2019
    50
    Visually, The Handmaid’s Tale is as striking as ever, maintaining the chilling beauty of Gilead’s optics—the curated flecks of handmaid red on stark white snow and the strange symmetry of ceremonial events. Story-wise, though, it’s blotchy as hell.
  5. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Gwen Ihnat
    May 29, 2019
    42
    Maybe the second half of the season will turn things around. Unfortunately, six hours is a long time to slog through a story that just seems to get more and more depressing. June glaring into the camera with apparent promises of revolt, backed by a revolutionary-themed rock song (which happens more than once), doesn’t count as actual plot progression.

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User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 109 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 109
  3. Negative: 24 out of 109
  1. JLuis_001
    Oct 27, 2019
    6
    Here, an annoying point has already been reached because of the lack of depth and how incredibly dumb June's character has become. Here theHere, an annoying point has already been reached because of the lack of depth and how incredibly dumb June's character has become. Here the drama reaches a lethargic point and only to a certain extent can a character be striking when she is only drowning in her suffering, especially when she has already had the opportunity to escape. This season lost a lot of strength.… Full Review »
  2. BrookeWetherill
    Jun 10, 2019
    6
    Season 3 has been slow (similar to season two). It’s as if I have watched the same storyline and no progress has been made. They need to addSeason 3 has been slow (similar to season two). It’s as if I have watched the same storyline and no progress has been made. They need to add more depth and a change of pace before people get over the same dark depressing scenes...… Full Review »
  3. All_ButTrU4
    Dec 19, 2021
    8
    One thing this show can not be faulted on is it's first episodes. Each season will begin at a phenomenal high point and it could beOne thing this show can not be faulted on is it's first episodes. Each season will begin at a phenomenal high point and it could be argued,however fleetingly, it maintains it's starting to stagnate. I appreciate the transition from being a show about the oppressed to being a beginning of a revolution. It hits it's previous marks with less conviction but just as fascinating but even so all you want is for it to end. How long can it be palatable for this story to go in circles (June risks losing her life/tries to rescue hannah and fails/Serena uncharacteristically reacts to June's insubordination with June gaining no permanent damage/another opportunity to escape which June rejects again) it's now just a mission to watch it end. Don't get me wrong it is still good but it feels like a sentence without a full stop, a book without a last page.… Full Review »
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