The Handmaid's Tale

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Season 4
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 26, 2017
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 38
  3. Negative: 11 out of 38
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  1. dangyosabyss
    Apr 28, 2021
    1
    For a case study in how modern TV writing ruins great works of literature take The Handmaid's Tale. Utterly perverting the meaning of the book and turning an iconic character into yet another reddit superhero revolutionary. That Atwood was consulted on the show is surprising given how it turned out (though given The Testaments comic book stupidity perhaps it isnt). This is how you ruin aFor a case study in how modern TV writing ruins great works of literature take The Handmaid's Tale. Utterly perverting the meaning of the book and turning an iconic character into yet another reddit superhero revolutionary. That Atwood was consulted on the show is surprising given how it turned out (though given The Testaments comic book stupidity perhaps it isnt). This is how you ruin a truly great book by a truly great writer. The usual checklist of idiocy is here : tokenism, extremist politics, 'its not x-ism when we do it' etc. It couldve been iconic. It should have been iconic. It wasnt. Add it to the pile of great content HBO has massacred with its stupidity.… Expand
  2. OliverCed
    Jun 11, 2021
    2
    The Handmaid's Tale has a June problem. June has become less and less likable… She is cruel, always depressed, ungrateful and I wish the show focused on Gilead and the dangerous vision of a possible future it paints…. The show has outgrown Margaret Atwood’s masterpiece and one can feel her pen is not in charge any longer. Disappointed!
  3. Congrio_Sideral
    May 19, 2021
    2
    I really appreciate the slow pace its creators have given to the show, it's one of the reasons that make it special, but this is not about pacing. It's about treating your audience respectfully. This season simply keeps beating about the bush too much. Scriptwriters seem to value more the profits from artificially enlenghtening the show than spectators' time.
  4. jerrsanweha1
    May 28, 2021
    0
    Its just going around in circles and S4 seems so unnecessary already. Elizabeth was the only good in it.

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Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Rachael Sigee
    Dec 3, 2021
    60
    We already know that life for women in Gilead is abhorrent, and it feels like the more interesting story now lies outside the bounds of this hellhole.
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  2. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Peg Aloi
    Dec 2, 2021
    80
    There are some mind-blowing plot developments to come: some of them quite soul crushing, while some of them are very moving, and others truly suspenseful and thrilling.
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  3. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Aug 16, 2021
    60
    Isn't it nice to see the women giving the men their own medicine? Blessed day. And quite telling when murder and castration come as sunny relief.
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