The Miniaturist
  • Network: PBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 9, 2018
User Score
5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
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  1. Wilvander
    Feb 9, 2019
    4
    Beatifully filmde, though clearly not in Amsterdam. Goed actors. Bu Why Base the series on an existing family. No one would have lived a life like theirs. Just make it fatally and don't make the public think that 17th C life's good be like this...

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#81 Best TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Sep 13, 2018
    60
    The Miniaturist evokes the Dutch Masters with its moody and dark-hued cinematography. Unfortunately, the story is a bit murky too. [17-30 Sep 2018, p.25]
  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Sep 11, 2018
    80
    The cinematography in The Miniaturist imitates a Vermeer masterpiece's interplay between light and shadow, engulfing the action in mesmerizing glow that both augments and glamorizes the weight of what is essentially Petronella’s imprisonment. But the real treasure here is Garai’s icy meanness, which singlehandedly props up the rigid atmosphere within that grim home.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Hanh Nguyen
    Sep 10, 2018
    75
    The Miniaturist may feel raw and green, sometimes naively so, but in its awkward, otherworldly way champions hope and change, and that’s rarely a waste of time.
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