Utopia (2020)

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Season 1
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5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 26
  3. Negative: 9 out of 26

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  1. viroodiem
    Oct 3, 2020
    8
    7.5

    It starts off with a perfect balance of intrigue and dark humor. Sadly by episode 3 that humor is mostly running on fumes. Then it is left with its conspiracy drama which is OK, but no where as great as it could have been. So 7.5 seems justifiable but 8 would be way too high. I will however round up to 8 to help offset the pretentious people who cant judge things on their own    7.5

    It starts off with a perfect balance of intrigue and dark humor. Sadly by episode 3 that humor is mostly running on fumes. Then it is left with its conspiracy drama which is OK, but no where as great as it could have been.

    So 7.5 seems justifiable but 8 would be way too high. I will however round up to 8 to help offset the pretentious people who cant judge things on their own merit without being influenced by the source material and want to down rate something because it isnt the original.

    Its a good drama. Could have been better, but definitely good..It requires extensive mental gymnastics and pretentiousness to not see that.    … Expand
  2. ghostring_1412
    Oct 30, 2020
    7
    Watchable for someone who didn’t know about the original UK series. Not that bad but not good either

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56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Andrew Crump
    Oct 5, 2020
    91
    “Utopia” thinks big to erect its overarching structure, but thinks small to give that structure its support. And it’s loaded with great work from its cast, particularly Lane, a talented actress with a gift for slipping in and out of genres and easily fitting into each.
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  2. Vanity Fair
    Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Sep 29, 2020
    80
    Like all conspiracy theories, Utopia’s central narrative ends up being a bit too grandiose and hokey to be entirely believed—which is sort of a relief, given how psychologically enveloping the conspiracy is for the first few episodes. But maybe that’s why I found it unnervingly compelling, too.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: David Fear
    Sep 28, 2020
    50
    Even with its end-of-the-world urgency, this Utopia still feels sluggish, muddled, unfinished. It’s as if someone went to great pains to restore a classic car, added their own custom interior, and then forgot to fill up the tank with gas.
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