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Critic Reviews
Feb 9, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The Luminaries makes for occasionally fascinating viewing, though conventional pleasures prove more elusive. ... You'll likely need to latch onto some of these performances and technical achievements, because The Luminaries is the sort of adaptation that may perplex audiences who haven't read the book and readers looking for fidelity to the book equally.
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Feb 16, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Catton's book is far more adventurous, and it's strange to think that she and her co-writer and series director Claire McCarthy diluted the novel's ambition so completely. The plot's lack of confidence notwithstanding, for some people Green's presence may provide enough reason to drift along from one beautiful sight to the next, unconcerned as to where it's all leading.
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Feb 16, 2021
Season 1 Review:
In trying to make this sprawling narrative TV-friendly, a narrative momentum has been lost, with too many characters and too many timelines and situations going on at the same time. The three leads, Patel, Hewson and Green, all do good jobs with their roles, but the show just feels like it’s going to wander in the wilderness like the delirious Anna before it figures out where to go.
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The TimesJan 19, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Watching the first two-and-a-half hours was a bit like being in a drug-addled dream anyway: coherent in some places, baffling in others — weird timelines, plot strings as clear as mud and the production seeming perfectly content with that. The acting, though, is good. Commendable given that the actors are carrying the handicap of a complex novel confusingly boiled down to six episodes.
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