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- 2017
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- 2017
- TV-MA
- CBC
Summary The second television series adaptation in 2017 from a Margaret Atwood novel is based on the true story of Irish immigrant in Canada named Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), who in 1843 was convicted of murdering her employer and the housekeeper with the help of a stable hand named James McDermott (Kerr Logan).
- 2017
- TV-MA
- CBC
- 2017
- TV-MA
- CBC
Alias Grace
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 25, 2017
7.1
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Summary The second television series adaptation in 2017 from a Margaret Atwood novel is based on the true story of Irish immigrant in Canada named Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), who in 1843 was convicted of murdering her employer and the housekeeper with the help of a stable hand named James McDermott (Kerr Logan).
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
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90% Positive
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10% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
81
90% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
10% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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It does take six full hours to get there, but the journey — her journey — can be an immersive one. ... Terrific. Immersive. Melancholy.
Harron has found an original cinematic language to convey Grace’s memories, a dream-like narrative propulsion that carries us along. ... Levi is Alias Grace’s only false note: he seems to have walked right off the set of Chuck without adjusting for the time-period here. Sarah Gadon’s performance is transfixing.
What might have been a rather talky script is enlivened by the peerless performances of Sarah Gadon (who played the romantically doomed librarian in the Hulu miniseries production of 11.22.63) as the wan but flinty Grace and Canadian TV regular Paul Gross as the bewildered Dr. Jordan.
The show’s direction, by American Psycho filmmaker Mary Harron, is elegant, and the script, by Away from Her writer/director Sarah Polley, is crisply modern in its understanding of characters’ psychological realities yet blurry enough on the margins to allow in delicious ambiguity.
The danger that “Alias Grace” might be too talky is allayed, partly by the camera work — anyone who has seen “In Treatment” knows that therapy can be visually dynamic when handled properly — and mostly by Gadon’s performance.
It’s more quiet and contemplative (and occasionally a bit dull) than it is propulsive. But viewers drawn to quiet, thoughtful character stories and a largely unknown story from women’s history may find “Alias Grace” engaging enough.
[Sarah] Gadon is alluringly enigmatic as we wonder if she's playing him [a doctor interviewing her], but the overall effect is less than hypnotizing. [30 Oct 2017 - 12 Nov 2017, p.13]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 103 User Ratings
7.1
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 103 User Ratings
7.1
74% Positive
76 Ratings
76 Ratings
12% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
15% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Halfire Entertainment
- Tangled Productions
Initial Release Date: Sep 25, 2017
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 6 Wins & 11 Nominations
Directors Guild of Canada
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
The Joey Awards, Vancouver
• 3 Nominations
