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Summary Based on a popular Danish series called Forbrydelsen, this AMC crime drama project follows three different subplots all linked to a single murder.

  • 2011
  • TV-14
  • AMC
  • 2011
  • TV-14
  • AMC

The Killing

Season 1 Premiere: Apr 2, 2011
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 87 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 793 User Ratings
8.1
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Summary Based on a popular Danish series called Forbrydelsen, this AMC crime drama project follows three different subplots all linked to a single murder.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 87 Critic Reviews
72
74% Positive
64 Reviews
26% Mixed
23 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 87 Critic Reviews
72
74% Positive
64 Reviews
26% Mixed
23 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews

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100
May 29, 2013
So far, so great.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
90
Mar 30, 2011
The series is excellent, absorbing and addictive. When each episode ends, you long for the next--a hallmark of great dramas.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 793 User Ratings
8.1
84% Positive
669 Ratings
9% Mixed
72 Ratings
7% Negative
52 Ratings

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 793 User Ratings
8.1
84% Positive
669 Ratings
9% Mixed
72 Ratings
7% Negative
52 Ratings

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80
Apr 7, 2011
Sharply contrasting with the florid Borgias is AMC's emotionally spare and atmospherically dank series The Killing.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW
75
May 31, 2013
It relies on excellent work from Enos as the dark, damaged Linden and Kinnaman as the slightly lighter Holder to carry us along even when the plot seems to be stagnating.
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 2, 2012
It's more subtly, and more forcefully too, a quest for understanding, specifically an understanding of how the world works.
By Cynthia Fuchs FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 2, 2012
The muddled and recurrently tedious Larsen case, littered with irrelevant conspiracy-theory subplots (what the hell is up with Holder's AA "sponsor"?) render The Killing a mystery show whose mysteries agitate and bore rather than mesmerize and astound.
By Mike Lechevallier FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 30, 2012
It's not nearly as highbrow and well-constructed as it needs to be, and it's far too serious and plodding to be a zippy break from reality.
By Willa Paskin FULL REVIEW
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Production Company:
  • KMF Films
  • Fuse Entertainment
  • Fox Television Studios
  • Fabrik Entertainment
  • The Killing Production
Initial Release Date: Apr 2, 2011
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 6 Nominations

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