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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
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  1. Jul 14, 2018
    10
    I can't understand the negative reviews at all. I found it very informative and fun to watch. It was as in depth as you are going to do in at tv format. If the professional critics wanted more depth might I recommend a number of very good biographical books on the subjects or texts about the Progressive Era.
  2. Oct 30, 2012
    3
    Interesting to watch, but several fact checks of the material reveals that it is often inaccurate. I can't help but wonder who provided the financial backing, and what the ulterior motive was. Why would history need to be re-written?
  3. Nov 12, 2012
    9
    My first impression of the History Channel
  4. Nov 8, 2017
    10
    Best moovie about Rockefeller,I dont know Morgan,but after watch this is documentary,i start respect him.
    I am waiting 2 season.WIth Buffett,Jobs,Gates and Trump.
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60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Oct 16, 2012
    70
    The program may not contain any startling revelations about its five principal subjects, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan and Henry Ford. But based on the first episode, it certainly gives them a modern-day relevance, perhaps unintentionally.
  2. Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Oct 16, 2012
    80
    For outlining the way Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford literally shaped the America in which we still live, this special stands as tall as Rockefeller Center.
  3. Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Oct 16, 2012
    50
    The narratives here lack subtlety, historic context or--strangely enough--even drama.