The Winter King

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Season 1
User Score
1.3

Overwhelming dislike- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 10 out of 12

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  1. Poisonedblade
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    Woke and Unfocused. It loosely follows the story of The Winter King, but it's a mess. Black Merlin tries to help stupid white people, but they don't listen. If you want to watch something great, check out The Last Kingdom, which is also based on Bernard Cornwell's books.
  2. metacritiqueur
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    Encore une œuvre qui restera bien au fond des anales des séries TV qui puent du fion. En bref : c'est le moyen âge, t'as les blancs teubés et les blacks qui sont des mages érudits. Poubelle et boycott de MGM+.
  3. shoulderoforion
    Aug 28, 2023
    1
    The Winter King is so freaking bad, after so many Camelot, and period productions including Game of Thrones, the best MGM studios could do was something worse than Britannia? For gods sake, this is a complete and utter miss, and I couldn't make it through the second episode.
  4. Kalamir
    Sep 3, 2023
    0
    What attracted me most in Cornwell's books was the realistic approach to the subject. After the end of The Last Kingdom, I was very happy to hear that the next adaptation will be The Winter King. Unfortunately, it turned out that very little of the book was transferred to the screen. Unless black Merlin is someone's idea of ​​Celtic druids?
    Either way, this adaptation has very little to    What attracted me most in Cornwell's books was the realistic approach to the subject. After the end of The Last Kingdom, I was very happy to hear that the next adaptation will be The Winter King. Unfortunately, it turned out that very little of the book was transferred to the screen. Unless black Merlin is someone's idea of ​​Celtic druids?
    Either way, this adaptation has very little to do with the books, so there's not much point in wasting time on it.    … Expand
  5. abitamal
    Aug 28, 2023
    1
    The number of black actors is irritating and distracting. IDGAF what anyone says, if half the slaves in 12 Years a Slave were blonde it would ruin the movie. It’s weird that at least half of the most powerful men in the show are of sub Saharan African descent.

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#46 Most Discussed TV Season of 2023

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. The Observer (UK)
    Reviewed by: Barbara Ellen
    Sep 10, 2024
    60
    It’s middling, lacking the wit and audacity of House of the Dragon or peak Game of Thrones. But a few episodes in, after a stodgy start (setting up its kingdoms, dynasties, feuds), the Arthurian storytelling starts coming through strongly and things liven up. Be warned, though, even for the fantasy genre, it’s jaw droppingly violent.
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  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Dec 21, 2023
    60
    It plays so fast and loose with it that devoted fans of the original Warlord Chronicles should probably just go and have a lovely re-read of the whole lot instead of tuning in. But for non-purists – settle in, sit back and enjoy 10 hours of bloody warfare, heavy robes, pagan rites, lupine spirits, horrible baddies and worse hair
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  3. i
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Dec 21, 2023
    80
    To describe it as a pre-Christmas treat would be a stretch. But for those who like their medieval adventuring on the dark side, The Winter King is broody, moody and magnificent.
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