The Queen's Gambit
Netflix | Release Date: October 23, 2020
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianLucy ManganOct 23, 2020
Season 1 Review: The Queen’s Gambit functions best and for the most part as a wish-fulfilment, rags-to-riches fantasy. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneAlan SepinwallOct 20, 2020
Season 1 Review: As with Godless, a lot of this story’s flaws and superficiality only become obvious because of how long it lingers, while the parts that are excellent (Taylor-Joy’s performance, the technical mastery) wouldn’t be diminished in a more abridged version of the tale. Read full review
42
ColliderGregory LawrenceOct 23, 2020
Season 1 Review: The front half of the miniseries features a fair share of compelling enough drama, in an appealingly “slow-and-low prestige simmer” that gave me Mad Men vibes. ... And yet, Taylor-Joy tends to play this character at an arms-folded, detached, deadpan/forlorn pitch. ... Perhaps the show’s reliance on the same narrative beat over and over again, its need to run the playbook with no surprise, its comfort in empty moments of non-energy for no sake proves that certain chess strategies remain better dramatized, rather than applied to a filmmaking mode itself. Read full review
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The TelegraphAnita Singh Oct 23, 2020
Season 1 Review: It is one of those expensive-looking period pieces that Netflix and Amazon money can do so well – swoon at the costumes and cars, purr with pleasure at the soundtrack. But the heroine at its centre is other-worldly to the point of annoyance. Read full review
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