- Network: HULU
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 28, 2018
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 104 Ratings
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Positive: 57 out of 104
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Mixed: 7 out of 104
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Negative: 40 out of 104
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The Looming TowerYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreMixed or average reviews- based on 104 Ratings
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Mar 7, 2018Idk how more people aren't put off by the dialogue in this, but it. is. awful. People don't talk like this at all. Every sentence is cliche. The cast and production are excellent, but wow. Get someone to proofread a script.
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Mar 1, 2018Watched the first episode of The Looming Tower last night on HULU. It was well done except for the extensive use of gratuitous profanity. I think I will read the book instead.
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The Looming Tower is a taut, tense restaging of the internecine squabbles between the FBI and the CIA in the lead-up to 9/11.
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Every time The Looming Tower threatens to spin off into melodrama completely, the cast (and talented directors) find a way to ground it. Ultimately, The Looming Tower is a dissection of incompetence, and how lack of communication and teamwork led to an international tragedy. It’s just complicated enough to feel historically accurate but not to push out viewers. In that sense, it balances historical commentary with what we still need from television most of all, whether it’s on cable or Hulu: entertainment.
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The Looming Tower, despite its high stakes and its ostensibly true story (though many details have been changed), is a cop show. A really well-done cop show, admittedly, but a cop show. And more power to it.