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While The Path is engaging, and smart when it comes to portraying the strangeness of cult life, it suffers from a bad case of tonal overkill.
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Like HBO's doomy apocalyptic drama, "The Leftovers," The Path just misses being as profound as it wants to be, but remains watchable largely thanks to the superb cast.
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Provocative but murky drama. [21 Mar-3 Apr 2016, p.19]
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The Path is a grim unburdening, all right, but also that what-if series in search of deeper moorings, and a deeper meaning.
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The Path is a winding one--the show has pacing problems, which is to say, it’s awfully slow in many spots. The acting is very good, but too much of the series forces the performers to play one note: grave concern or worry.
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The combination has potential, but the execution, while offering glimpses into a fascinating subculture, is sluggish and unfocused.
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It’s frustrating when a series hitches its drama to a lack of communication as its primary conceit because the solution seems so simple: Just ’fess up! The addition of new sources of dramatic conflict in episode two helps explain Eddie’s choice but doesn’t completely eliminate the show’s weak dramatic raison d’etre.
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As it is, the drama’s overly deliberate pace and under-cooked character dynamics may cause some to lose faith before the season finale arrives.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 67 out of 82
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Mixed: 5 out of 82
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Negative: 10 out of 82
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