The Underground Railroad

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Season 1
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 93 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 93
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 93
  3. Negative: 21 out of 93

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#3 Best TV Season of 2021
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#31 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 37
  3. Negative: 1 out of 37
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Emily Baker
    Dec 3, 2021
    100
    The Underground Railroad treads the line of fictional entertainment and historical reenactment expertly, without ever feeling forceful. It is, in short, yet another masterpiece from Barry Jenkins.
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  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Kambole Campbell
    Sep 20, 2021
    100
    An epic that’s beautifully and sensitively composed in all aspects, The Underground Railroad is a powerful, often difficult adaptation that prioritises its characters’ personhood, refusing to leave them simply as victims of a thematic point.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Angelica Jade Bastien
    May 25, 2021
    100
    It is a masterwork that puts into the spotlight the sheer power and communion that can be found with visual storytelling. This is a series not so much witnessed but felt.
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