Waco: American Apocalypse

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 22, 2023
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9

Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Mar 22, 2023
    60
    The first episode concentrates almost entirely on the first raid, virtually recreating it in real time. What it doesn’t do here or in the succeeding episodes is contextualise or dig deeper into events. ... A braver documentary might have wanted to investigate a route from Mount Carmel 1993 to Capitol Hill 2021 but this one is happy to settle for spectacle and survivors’ stories over substance. Which is not to say the survivors’ stories aren’t moving.
  2. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Nick Allen
    Mar 22, 2023
    50
    Russell’s series only offers fuzzy hindsight—it does not suggest we’ve established a more tactful way to understand these experiences but found another flashy way to package a sensational true story.