The Handmaid's Tale

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Season 5
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 26, 2017
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Emma Fraser
    Sep 9, 2022
    83
    “The Handmaid’s Tale” no longer comes across as spinning its wheels as the fifth outing offers flickers of hope as June—and the story—moves forward.
  2. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Sep 14, 2022
    70
    The Hulu series obviously hasn’t lost any of its relevance, and indeed, some of its themes resonate in a more pointed manner. Yet while this season continues the grinding march toward the end of June’s story, it reinforces a sense that despite the promise of a conclusion that lies ahead, the show’s best days are behind it.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Sep 8, 2022
    70
    “Handmaid’s” is in a new, fascinating era, one that’s at its best when it’s unbounded from current events. Attempts, for instance, to tie the world of Gilead to the new American tradition of child-parent separations at the border are understandable in their intent but fall short. ... The show, in its fifth season, excels when it treats its situations as symbolic and its characters as real.
  5. Collider
    Reviewed by: Abby Cavenaugh
    Sep 9, 2022
    67
    All in all, Season 5 is full of scarce highs and really low lows, lots of heavy-hitting drama, and emotional scenes. Some of the biggest events of this season lead to some pretty uncomfortable viewing, but viewers who stick with it will be rewarded with some huge moments that will have repercussions for the final season.

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User Score
4.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 6 out of 13
  1. Raphaelcampos31
    Sep 16, 2022
    10
    Voltou com tudo, mostrando que nunca perde a qualidade tanto visual quanto dramática, uma das melhores séries atuais.
  2. kaocashiman
    Nov 8, 2022
    0
    still one of the most disgusting and tedious things to watch just utterly disappointing smh
  3. All_ButTrU4
    Oct 9, 2022
    4
    Handmaid's Tale is a perfect example in when you get too much of a good thing except this isn't a good thing. Handmaid's tale is a starkHandmaid's Tale is a perfect example in when you get too much of a good thing except this isn't a good thing. Handmaid's tale is a stark suffocating world of misery where Junes long winded shots of emotional duress or Gileads brutality is extended. It's still poetic,well written and made but it's no longer rewarding. It's hard to feel hope when these characters have been unable to change their circumstances for almost 3 seasons or attain justice for atleast 4. It's gratuitous and isolating irrespective of your investment as now a thought out and somewhat happy ending is the only thing that could remedy this brutal fatigue. Season five continues unraveling as it nears the final stretch as a cat and mouse game between Gilead and June sees each becoming more extreme in an effort to preserve.… Full Review »
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