The Undoing

HBO | Release Date: October 25, 2020

6.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 58 Ratings

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truerockNov 9, 2020

How could professional critics not like this series?
The acting and directing are excellent. There is nothing not to like about it.
I read a couple dozen professional reviews trying to figure out what I was missing and I finally did see theHow could professional critics not like this series?
The acting and directing are excellent. There is nothing not to like about it.
I read a couple dozen professional reviews trying to figure out what I was missing and I finally did see the pattern.
There is a large contingent of professional critics who have a personal agenda they bring to their work. In this case The Undoing is an example of wealthy-pretty-people-with-problems and they are going to not like the series on that basis alone.

I can't object to any individual not liking a series because it does not fit their requirements for entertainment. I completely accept that.

I have been thinking about this issue for the last 3 or 4 years and I think we have arrived at a point where people will say they do not like attractive/rich people and therefore they will not like entertainment associated with rich/attractive people.

I'm not sure where I go with this understanding. It seems to me it is now at a point where I completely ignore the Metacritic professional critic scores and now I find the Metacritic "User Score" to be more useful. Obviously the "User Scores" are even more obvious in an extreme range of irrelevant biases - but, somehow they seem to statistically balance how to better reflect the artistic value of a specific movie or series.

I value the opinions of professionals. They hopefully provide a higher level of insight and objectivity. I guess I would suggest that Metacritic needs to create a new score based on just a select few critics who have a higher level of objectivity in their approach to their work. I realize that might not be possible.

I can appreciate that for many individuals, it is primarily if not wholly an emotional reflection of the entertainment's subject matter point of view - and, the emotion can be in complete disregard to artistic merit. I can accept that. Still, I am on the opposite end of this issue and am almost entirely interested in the artistic merits... even in such things as documentaries.

Thus, this is obviously reflected in things such as preference to certain genres. Some people can not enjoy romantic-comedies. Some people can not enjoy science-fiction. There are particular plot tropes that some individuals are not able to deal with intellectually and emotionally. So, their evaluations are within a narrow context of predefined opinions which I don't think are particularly valuable to a general audience. And, it would be acceptable if the evaluations were within some reasonable boundaries of reality - but, unfortunately it seems the individuals that are most strongly detached from objectivity are likely to provide ridiculous ratings such as 0 or 10 (1 and 9, etc) that are obviously non-reflective of useful information.… Expand

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andy24king24Dec 1, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Be aware there are spoilers. The thing I love about this series is the actors and the cast, the writing, New York. Every episode is full of intrigue and suspense. And as we build up to last nights finale for me I felt somewhat of an anti climax. All the way thru it the suspect is Hugh Grant. Every episode try’s to give you another suspect or something to look at to divert away from Grant. And just to say Hugh Grant is awesome. And by episode 6 it all comes clear in all its bloody glory who the suspect is and it’s Hugh Grant. All the way thru it’s Grant. But for me the star of this series is Nicole Kidman, she is awesome. A brilliant series that builds and builds great suspense and just a bit kind of I told you it was him feeling. Grant and Kidman’s awesome, directing was spot on but it wasn’t perfect but so close.… Expand

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manningn15Jan 17, 2021

The Undoing was a very interesting and intriguing mystery and one of my favorite miniseries I've seen. The acting from Nicole Kidman and Huge Grant was phenomenal, they gave very strong emotionally powerful performances. Noma Dumezweni,The Undoing was a very interesting and intriguing mystery and one of my favorite miniseries I've seen. The acting from Nicole Kidman and Huge Grant was phenomenal, they gave very strong emotionally powerful performances. Noma Dumezweni, Donald Sutherland, Matilda De Angelis, and Noah Jupe gave outstanding supporting performances. The costumes were spectacular especially ones wore by Nicole Kidman. The makeup and hairstyling was excellent especially on Nicole Kidman. The music was superb. Nicole sounded beautiful performing the opening theme song. The writing was ok but not the best, the story and character development were not the strongest and just not that well developed and they didn't have much depth.… Expand

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Dan_BDec 4, 2020

Grace Fraser (Nicole Kidman) es una exitosa psicóloga clínica , felizmente casada con Jonathan Fraser (Hugh Grant), un también exitoso oncólogo infantil. El matrimonio cuenta con un hijo preadolescente, Henry (Noha Jupe) y conforman unaGrace Fraser (Nicole Kidman) es una exitosa psicóloga clínica , felizmente casada con Jonathan Fraser (Hugh Grant), un también exitoso oncólogo infantil. El matrimonio cuenta con un hijo preadolescente, Henry (Noha Jupe) y conforman una familia neoyorquina de clase más que media alta (bah, rica). La calma de la familia se ve profundamente alterada (la caída -undoing- del título) cuando una conocida de ellos es asesinada y Jonathan desaparece misteriosamente.

The Undoing tiene varios puntos en común con la anterior miniserie de David E. Kelley, Big Little Lies: familia de clase media alta, colegios caros, una protagonista que no registra la realidad con amigas tipo serpentario, un marido problemático, un asesinato.

Pero claro, hay diferencias: no es una historia coral como aquella, ya que la trama se concentra en la familia protagónica (que se completa con el padre de Grace, encarnado por Donald Sutherland) y se inclina más decididamente por el thriller y el drama tribunalicio, con efectivos cliffhangers al final de cada capítulo y un registro realista. La directora Susanne Bier nos ofrece un relato lineal, en término generales.

En este caso, la Grace de Kidman es un personaje más glamoroso (tal vez demasiado) e independiente que el de BLL. Como es usual, su actuación es muy buena. Grant compone de manera brillante su por lo menos ambiguo e inquietante personaje, que irónica y autorreferencialmente comienza en la tónica de sus amables personajes habituales. Sutherland despliega su sobria eficiencia de siempre. Pero las tres revelaciones de la serie son Noma Dubezweni, como Haley FItzgerald, una fría (y carismática) abogada que dispara las mejores líneas de diálogo de la serie, Lupe como el atribulado y difícil papel del hijo y la bella e inquietante Matilda de Angelis, una joven madre que tendrá un rol central en la trama.

La historia de The Undoing se sigue con mucho interés y sus diversos componentes (drama familiar, thriller, drama judicial) se hallan muy bien equilibrados, con un núcleo familiar sometido a tensiones y dilemas extremos.… Expand

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geewahJan 8, 2021

A beautifully shot suspense that is let down by it's predictablity. Grant & Kidman are good enough without ever stepping out of their comfort zone.

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priyaRaiFeb 27, 2022

I binged watched the entire show in one night. I couldn't stop watching. Every single part is played so incredibly well and when it ends, you're left with your jaw on the ground. I know it's based on a book, but it's so well written. IfI binged watched the entire show in one night. I couldn't stop watching. Every single part is played so incredibly well and when it ends, you're left with your jaw on the ground. I know it's based on a book, but it's so well written. If you're into psychological thriller, you'll love this.… Expand

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