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Positive:
10
Mixed:
6
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews
RogerEbert.comNov 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Domingo is joined by a phenomenal ensemble that includes one of the best turns from the timeless John Ortiz, a great Deon Cole, a captivating Alison Wright, a sharp Bradley Whitford, and excellent character actors abound. .... A thriller like "The Madness" only works if we believe the journey of its protagonist, and Domingo completely closes the sale. We don't just root for him to succeed, we're on this ride with him, strapped into the rollercoaster, as startled as he is by each subsequent twist and turn.
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The TelegraphNov 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Yet if the issues are familiar, The Madness is still dangerously habit-forming. Domingo is a powerhouse in the lead, his permanently worried eyes just right for a series predicated on misgivings, and the whole eight hours is exceedingly well put together – clever camerawork and editing means that Muncie’s descent into trust-no-one paranoia reflects the viewer’s.
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Nov 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The show sometimes gets goofy in depicting the personalities and peccadilloes of each faction. Still, it mostly succeeds, on the strength of Domingo’s performance, Muncie’s complexity, and, above all, the visceral sense of contemporary chaos and futility it channels.
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ColliderNov 27, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Ultimately, Netflix's The Madness is another welcome dose of realism in a genre that can sometimes rely too heavily on fictional agencies and unbelievable plot devices instead of leaning into our existing political and economic malaise. Every one of its pieces comes together to successfully create a poignant, thrilling, highly watchable series.
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The GuardianNov 27, 2024
Season 1 Review:
As well as being smartly plotted and expertly paced, The Madness has a subtle but great line in showing how Muncie must navigate the traditional tropes as a Black man (police scepticism, approaching strangers for information, or simply being out and about in certain neighbourhoods).
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Nov 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Alfred Hitchcock kept these stories down to a couple of hours, and I do believe that given the opportunity to stretch out over several episodes, he’d have stuck to two. “The Madness” does its work over eight, which strictly speaking is more than it needs. But there’s a lot to like about it.
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Dec 2, 2024
Season 1 Review:
While the material sometimes flounders, "Madness" offers him the kind of star vehicle he deserves, in which the camera almost never leaves his deeply expressive face. When the plot or other actors falter, Domingo is there to save the day, even if Muncie can't save himself.
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Radio TimesDec 2, 2024
IndieWireDec 2, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The show was written and filmed before the 2024 election, but the cultural fractures examined here were no less present a few months ago (or years, or even decades). But it never really commits to unpacking these power structures outside of the show’s universe, where things spiral and stray too far from the pilot’s inciting incidents.
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Nov 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
What first-rate actors always say about the movies they do is that good writing is paramount; without it, nothing works. Or, as in “The Madness,” very little. Created by Stephen Belber (“What We Do Now”), “The Madness” is the kind of story that is thoroughly cooked up.
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