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Positive:
7
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
Apr 8, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Though it doesn’t lose sight of racism exactly, the show’s mind seems more firmly placed on the ways in which it might make us jump than make us think or feel. It’s an unfortunate reversal of the way series that look like it use genre to investigate race: “Them,” in the end, takes the far less interesting path of using race to investigate genre.
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Apr 7, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Them: Covenant, on the other hand, has a lot of promising things going for it, including strong lead performances and unnerving atmosphere in every scene. But it’s hard not to notice that the show spends 10 episodes dragging out a nearly identical story to what Lovecraft efficiently told in one. And after a while, the new show’s individual strengths crumble under the weight of its sheer size.
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IndieWireMar 18, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The first few episodes of “THEM” are the strongest and sharpest, diving headlong into the fragile mental states of both Henry and Lucky, while also dealing with the issues their children face. However, over the course of the show’s 10 episodes, the proceedings begin to drag. ... You don’t walk away from this feeling particularly good, and that’s perhaps what Little Marvin intended, but many people don’t want to watch suffering for the sake of suffering.
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Apr 9, 2021
Season 1 Review:
This is another rehashing of broad Black Lives Matter statements that are unsuccessfully contorted to try to fit into a genre piece. As a result, both the horror aspect and the sociopolitical commentary are shortchanged. There's no sense of mystery, no intrigue that keeps you guessing until the final credits.
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RogerEbert.comApr 5, 2021
Season 1 Review:
“Them” can be an incredibly tenuous series, whether one tries to watch it as brutal entertainment or an ornately shot way to honor traumatic experiences of racist violence in the past, present, and future. ... In depicting all of its history with equal bluntness and style, "Them" too often raises the question of whether this is at all the best way to be doing it.
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