War & Peace
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 62
  3. Negative: 7 out of 62
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  1. Dzimas
    Jan 28, 2016
    1
    From what I've seen so far (4 hours) this is more like Real Housewives of Early 19th Century Russia than it is War & Peace. The creative team of Davies and Harper has served up a juicy set of scandalous women dressed as how J. Peterman might have imagined them, with a combination of nabobs and cads for men. Pierre Bezukhov, the heart and soul of the novel is reduced to a doleful youngFrom what I've seen so far (4 hours) this is more like Real Housewives of Early 19th Century Russia than it is War & Peace. The creative team of Davies and Harper has served up a juicy set of scandalous women dressed as how J. Peterman might have imagined them, with a combination of nabobs and cads for men. Pierre Bezukhov, the heart and soul of the novel is reduced to a doleful young man who turns to Free Masonry to find some purpose in his miserable life. Of course, one has to wonder how a man who has inherited such great wealth could be so sad. There seems no room for philosophical asides in this bedroom drama. Davies and Harper are more interested with who is sleeping with whom and for how much. It is hard to imagine the second half will be any better, as Moscow finds itself buried under the full weight of Napoleon's Grand Armee, but at least it will bring back Brian Cox as Gen. Kutusov, one of the few compelling performances in this mini-series.… Expand
  2. HarryNuggets
    Apr 10, 2016
    3
    The English are at it again. A bloated, class obsessed sumptuous looking but not particularly interesting adaption of the novel. What would be more iritating than a bunch of self absorbed aristocrats with Russian accents? One featuring a load of the same thing English style. Dano is not particularly well cast, but then again he's not much of an actor. I'm sure the Downtown Alley crowdThe English are at it again. A bloated, class obsessed sumptuous looking but not particularly interesting adaption of the novel. What would be more iritating than a bunch of self absorbed aristocrats with Russian accents? One featuring a load of the same thing English style. Dano is not particularly well cast, but then again he's not much of an actor. I'm sure the Downtown Alley crowd will lap this stuff up. Don't think this is Tolstoy.… Expand
  3. Ripandread
    Jan 26, 2016
    2
    This show is just another one of those British exports that are drawn out with too many characters; some that are just boring.

    While I like historical movies, documentaries and TV shows, this one is just too slow-paced for me. After enduring the first two episodes I decided that enough was enough. My goodness the actual war between Napoleon and the Russians took less time than this    This show is just another one of those British exports that are drawn out with too many characters; some that are just boring.

    While I like historical movies, documentaries and TV shows, this one is just too slow-paced for me.

    After enduring the first two episodes I decided that enough was enough. My goodness the actual war between Napoleon and the Russians took less time than this television program.    … Expand

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jan 19, 2016
    70
    [Davies and director Tom Harper] reduce, expand, or toss out numerous plot lines and characters, all in the service of heavy-breathing romance and big-spectacle battle scenes in a kind of young-adult-novel depiction of Russian families caught up in 19th-century tumult.... Old pros such as Jim Broadbent, Stephen Rea, and Brian Cox are around to lend the soap opera proceedings some gravity.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jan 19, 2016
    80
    It clips along in leaps and bounds, and the speed at which events occur can make them seem dramatically obvious, more declared than developed. Much of the time you don't feel the characters' pain so much as take it as read. But the key moments of spiritual revelation are handled well and the production gains power in the home stretch, just where you want power gained.
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Jan 19, 2016
    50
    This series starts out with promise but ultimately ends up ordinary, another historical drama with well-regarded actors, fancy costumes and not much to distinguish it from all the others.
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