The Institute
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| MGM+ | Release Date: July 13, 2025 |
Summary:
12-years-old genius Luke Ellis (Joe Freeman) is kidnapped by The Institute, which is led by Ms. Sigsby (Mary-Louise Parker) in the drama series based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.
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Drama
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Screen Rant
Aug 29, 2025
The Mercury News
Jul 10, 2025
Empire
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
Parker is always good to watch, and her Mrs. Sigsby is given some material to make her seem human — if not quite to humanize her — but nothing regarding the Institute and its complicated plans and methods really makes any sense, even in King’s made-world. Still, if you regard “The Institute” as a kind of YA novel about resistance and revolt, and a metaphor for the way young people have been sacrificed by the old to feed their agendas and wars, it has some legs.
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