The Returned (2015)

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Season 1
  • Network: A&E
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 9, 2015
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 60 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 60
  3. Negative: 16 out of 60
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  1. Qldgamer
    Mar 11, 2015
    3
    Since there is another show already in the US, which borrowed heavily from the French Returned series then this seems to be a waste of time and money.

    I hate it when the US does this with shows, they pull the script out, replace the place and actors (many looking the same) and they make it for the US. These shows tend to fail as the scripts are written for another audience and overall    Since there is another show already in the US, which borrowed heavily from the French Returned series then this seems to be a waste of time and money.

    I hate it when the US does this with shows, they pull the script out, replace the place and actors (many looking the same) and they make it for the US. These shows tend to fail as the scripts are written for another audience and overall they do not translate that well into the US market.    … Expand
  2. zouz123
    Mar 16, 2015
    1
    An exact copy of the french series, with some minor changes. If you've already seen the french version which had the bar set high, i recommend you to skip this one, because it's way inferior and less enjoyable.
  3. ozymandias79
    Mar 11, 2015
    0
    Riding on the back of the awesome French series, this American remake is a poor carbon copy. Actors, settings, names (even french ones), and costumes have been duplicated in an attempt to capture the quality of the original series. Although the excellent soundtrack by Mogwai has been replaced with generic crap. Also, the kid is nowhere near as creepy as french Victor. The very least theRiding on the back of the awesome French series, this American remake is a poor carbon copy. Actors, settings, names (even french ones), and costumes have been duplicated in an attempt to capture the quality of the original series. Although the excellent soundtrack by Mogwai has been replaced with generic crap. Also, the kid is nowhere near as creepy as french Victor. The very least the Americans could have done was try to make this series their own. Instead, this lazy recreation is what we've been handed.… Expand
  4. Cathryn1978
    May 11, 2015
    0
    The Returned remake is the worse show. I do not like the new series the French version is much better. I dislike how they changed the entire premises of the american version.
  5. Smiles22
    Jan 4, 2016
    3
    I'm usually the kind of person for whom, if they don't like a show in the first episode, they will stop watching. This is unfortunately no exception. The acting is stoic and nothing grabbed me in.

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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. The Lincoln Journal Star
    Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Mar 10, 2015
    83
    What Cuse and Tucker have done best is maintain the eerie tone and feel from the original.
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  2. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Mar 10, 2015
    40
    It's almost a shot-for-shot remake of the original, but that's not what makes this version a derivative TV zombie. It's the lack of atmosphere and the near-complete absence of a mournful, mysterious tone that makes the new version feel empty and hollow.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Mar 10, 2015
    20
    [A] vastly inferior product, which lacks spark and purpose.
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