- Network: SHOWTIME
- Series Premiere Date: Apr 24, 2022
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If you can get past its shaky start – a task made easier by the strong ensemble and slick direction – this space oddity becomes an enjoyable exploration of humanity.
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Kurtzman and Lumet’s “Man Who Fell to Earth” is at its most intriguing during such clashes of tone, or more simply, at its most bizarre. ... “The Man Who Fell to Earth” falls prey to one of current TV’s most tired clichés of opening in the future before flashing back to explain how it happened. In fact, knowing that Farraday convinces the world that he’s an otherworldly genius before we understand how deflates a good deal of the tension out of the show before it even starts.
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While all of those issues [immigrant experience, the ever-present dangers of capitalism, and America’s failing healthcare system] are certainly worthy of exploration, the show’s distillation of its themes is neither subtle nor subversive. The writers seem to be aiming for something deeply affecting in an attempt to appeal to a wide audience, but they fail to recognize the key to the power of Tevis’s story: its peculiarity.
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The Man Who Fell to Earth demands a level of patience that hasn’t yet paid off, and the inconsistencies in its narrative and characterizations don’t provide high hopes for the remaining six episodes, either.
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The miniseries opts instead to shift its commentaries into a comfortable middlebrow register, spending much of the first four episodes supplied to critics on entry-level spaceman thought exercises.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 19
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Mixed: 4 out of 19
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Negative: 7 out of 19
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Apr 24, 2022
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Jun 28, 2022It starts out somewhat interesting, but by episode 5 it is barely watchable. It gets too complicated and too far up its own behind.
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Sep 30, 2022Seems slightly interesting at first, but turns into a total cringefest. Middlebrow and cliched. Watch the original movie and skip this.