Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 6, 2022
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 5 out of 21

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 29
  3. Negative: 1 out of 29
  1. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Mar 29, 2022
    60
    It was not at all what I expected, which was a stats and sport-heavy “groin strain” of a drama from which I would frequently zone out like I do whenever someone mentions golf. It was the opposite: flash, brash, blowsy, cheesy, bosomy (literally), vulgar, “fun” — and extremely pleased with itself, the drama equivalent of a loud, busty barmaid in a seaside postcard.
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  2. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Nick Hilton
    Mar 29, 2022
    80
    Winning Time is just a whirlwind of benign energy. I might not know a point guard from Right Guard, a power forward from a Power Ranger, or a center from a centre, but the vibrant machismo of Winning Time manages to transcend that language barrier.
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  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Rebecca Nicholson
    Mar 29, 2022
    60
    It is a touch superficial, then, but it is a lot of fun. The whole thing is given a VHS/old film veneer, and all that chest hair and bushy moustaches look the part. For a drama about greatness, though, it just doesn’t quite scale the heights.
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