The Hot Zone: Anthrax
National Geographic | Release Date: November 28, 2021
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
The A.V. ClubSaloni GajjarNov 24, 2021
Season 1 Review: The show is effective as a ripped-from-the-headlines re-creation of the Anthrax case, especially for viewers who don’t know much about it, but it has little to offer beyond that. Read full review
55
Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewRob OwenNov 29, 2021
Season 1 Review: It is meat-and-potatoes storytelling served as a tiny portion on an oversized platter. As in real life, the story peters out with an unsatisfying conclusion. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushNov 22, 2021
Season 1 Review: Anthrax only truly comes alive when the focus turns to a more colorful microbiologist, Dr. Bruce Ivins (manic Tony Goldwyn). ... More effective as a late-blooming psychological thriller than as a routine whodunit. [22 Nov - 5 Dec 2021, p.8]
42
IndieWireKristen LopezNov 23, 2021
Season 1 Review: “The Hot Zone: Anthrax” is a formulaic look back at the anthrax scare with little profound or specific to say. Tony Goldwyn gives a flamboyant lesson in fear, but everything else is too much of a slog to get into. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergNov 29, 2021
Season 1 Review: These six episodes are barely informative and only marginally scary. Read full review
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