Year of the Rabbit

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Season 1
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Feb 19, 2020
    60
    Year Of The Rabbit has Berry hitting the right comedic notes, helped by a funny supporting cast and a setting that’s always ripe for comedy.
  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Feb 18, 2020
    60
    Merrily grody send-up of Victorian crime cliches. [17 Feb - 1 Mar 2020, p.9]
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  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Tim Dowling
    Dec 20, 2019
    60
    The character of Rabbit is a little hard to invest in: junkyard-dog mean, cartoonishly dissolute, coarser than wholegrain mustard. ... It may simply be a question of Year of the Rabbit finding its feet, for relationships between the characters to develop beyond the mere exchange of insults, and for the plot, which extends across the series, to take hold. There is too much proved talent behind the enterprise to write it off at this stage.

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User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. OlivierPiel
    Feb 20, 2020
    0
    A crass, vulgar, facile "interpretation" of Britain's wretched pre-imperial years that strokes and celebrates the worst instincts of theA crass, vulgar, facile "interpretation" of Britain's wretched pre-imperial years that strokes and celebrates the worst instincts of the beer-bellied Brexit-loving lower classes while feigning to criticise them.
    Somewhere between a Mel Brooks that would be lacking false modesty and levity or a Black Adder without the Oxbridge veneer. But far below both.    … Full Review »
  2. SinuousGrace
    Feb 21, 2020
    8
    A clever, naughty, and above all, fun comedy that farts right in the face of "cosmopolitan" elitist blowhards.
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