The Plot Against America

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 16, 2020
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 47
  3. Negative: 9 out of 47
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  1. 7meansmagic
    Mar 17, 2020
    10
    Winona Ryder is looking great, she is the highlight of the show. No wonder why her name is the first one to appear in the opening! Future Emmy winner, I said what I said!
  2. sammnnicole
    Mar 17, 2020
    10
    AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING. The cast is superior. Cannot wait for award season.
  3. Joycr24
    Mar 17, 2020
    10
    Amazing show with an amazing cast and director. Winona Ryder as Evelyn is perfect.
  4. DrBlahBlah
    Mar 18, 2020
    10
    More engaging than the novel on which it's based, this showcases the dangers of fascism in America and the fact that "it can happen here" - and currently is.
  5. eagleeyeviking
    Apr 21, 2020
    9
    The slow but tense set up of “The Plot Against America” evolves beautifully over the course of six episodes, and overall culminates in a series that is riveting, thought-provoking, and haunting.
  6. PoeticDumpling
    Apr 4, 2020
    10
    Exceptional. Has the Coming of Age Sincerity/Honesty of To Kill A Mockingbird along with an Atticus Finch in Herman; Scout in Phillip; Jem in Sandy; Dill in Seldon; etc. Has the engrossing dialogue, character development and cinematography of Mad Men. Has a slowly boiling and building tension that is more unsettling and unnerving than many a horror film. The beautiful moments in theExceptional. Has the Coming of Age Sincerity/Honesty of To Kill A Mockingbird along with an Atticus Finch in Herman; Scout in Phillip; Jem in Sandy; Dill in Seldon; etc. Has the engrossing dialogue, character development and cinematography of Mad Men. Has a slowly boiling and building tension that is more unsettling and unnerving than many a horror film. The beautiful moments in the face of Injustice and turn of the screw Hatred like when Herman sings in the diner after an uncomfortable confrontation are small yet Mighty. This is a Remarkable Viewing Experience.… Expand
  7. Drogba
    Mar 31, 2020
    9
    Excellent drama about an alternate period during WWII time. I'd highly recommend.

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#30 Best TV Season of 2020
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#83 Most Shared TV Season of 2020

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 37
  3. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Andrew Bundy
    Oct 5, 2020
    91
    What Simon and Burns expertly capture is the slow faint creep of fascism and the sinister way it suddenly seems to engulf our lives.
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  2. The Detroit News
    Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Aug 14, 2020
    91
    Created and written by David Simon (“The Wire,” “The Deuce”), “The Plot Against America” isn’t some garish exploitation of goose-stepping Nazi nastiness. It’s far too wise for that.
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  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Jul 14, 2020
    80
    Over The Plot Against America’s six-hour course, Simon and Burns do their usual exceptional work in delicately fitting pieces of a larger and larger puzzle together to reveal a bigger and more complicated picture at every step. If the beginning seems a bit stagey [...] it finds its feet quickly thereafter.
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