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- HBO
- May 14, 2019
- HBO
- May 14, 2019
Summary Spanning 15 years, Vivienne Rook (Emma Thompson) rises from vocal celebrity to controversial MP. The effect of her policies to British society are reflected in an ordinary Manchester family that includes Daniel (Russell Tovey), Stephen (Rory Kinnear) and his wife Celeste (T’Nia Miller), sisters Rosie (Ruth Madeley) and Edith (Jessica Hyn...
- HBO
- May 14, 2019
- HBO
- May 14, 2019
Summary Spanning 15 years, Vivienne Rook (Emma Thompson) rises from vocal celebrity to controversial MP. The effect of her policies to British society are reflected in an ordinary Manchester family that includes Daniel (Russell Tovey), Stephen (Rory Kinnear) and his wife Celeste (T’Nia Miller), sisters Rosie (Ruth Madeley) and Edith (Jessica Hyn...
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Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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4% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
78
83% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
13% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
[Russell T Davies] aerates the heaviest, most fraught issues (from the insidious nature of tech, to income inequality, to the rapidity with which events can become both ancient history and rapidly repeated) with wit and optimism, so that they are no longer a burden, to us or the narrative, but grist to the mental and dramatic mill.
On top of the nuanced work from Davies and Jones, the six-part series boasts outstanding performances. Looking through the opposite end of the telescope at present (and controversial) history is often a recipe for disaster, but Years and Years is magnificently agile in the creativity it uses to make it all cohere.
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7.7
83% Positive
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8% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 40 User Ratings
7.7
83% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
8% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
10% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Quite emotional And interesting story about the development of European social politics. Would love to see a second season
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SEASON 1
What Davies has done, essentially, is combine a family soap opera with elements of "Black Mirror."
The anxious thrill of watching Years and Years comes not only from seeing the future unfurl in front of you, but also from watching how it ripples through the lives of this very modern, delightfully fractious family. ... Thompson is brilliantly menacing as Rook, communicating her absolute self-certainty, along with just enough ambiguity to make you wonder if power is everything she’s after.
What makes this series effective is that not-too-distant horizon. It doesn't play out 50 years from now, but next year, then a few years after that, and then a few beyond that. Viewers can see the roadmap, and by always keeping them within the realm of the plausible, the ambient anger and confusion feels plausible, or familiar. ... A compelling — and timely — new series.
Propulsive in its storytelling (thank goodness this is only a six-episode series, or hoo boy could it have gone off the rails), filled with terrifying montages of horrific prospective history (Mike Pence is president! All the butterflies are dead!), and featuring a super weird and largely unsuccessful blend of teens’ obsession with technology, “Years and Years” offers plenty of stimulus to keep you moving through it, but through four episodes, it’s too obsessed with its premise to find the best means of delivering its message.
[Years and Years] is too close to reality to be funny, or blackly funny, or even absurdly funny. It is clever, in the worst sense of the word, and offers a cast of characters who are less fleshed-out humans than mouthpieces for all that cleverness and the unstartling conceit of creator/writer Russell T Davies.
Every so often a show comes along that rocks the conscience into action. Russell T Davies brilliantly and profoundly disturbing "Years and Years" is a sincerely drawn portrait of a culture of personality which wrecks disaster on the soul of humanity. The perfect example of Satire meeting Reality it hits close to home and then hits even closer. The saving grace is a cast of characters drawn so humanely, that we are immediately drawn into their world while at the same time fearful of what is happening to ours. A must see for anyone with a conscience and a desire to change the mess of a society we all find ourselves in. 4 stars, :)
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SEASON 1
Creative and smart !!
This is Us and Black Mirror blends into one 6 episode miniseries covering the next 15 years in the life of the Lyons family. The acting and music is wonderful while complicated drama situations happen so fast avoiding fillers and unnecessary scenes. At the end you `ll wish there were new stories for the next years.
"Signor, is this a good series" ?
Signor : "Yes, indeed is a great miniseries" !!!
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SEASON 1
Trite. Lowbrow. Self-satisfied. Pontificating. Flabby. Politically Correct.
In short, the exact opposite of British wit, and its acerbic, smart, self-deprecating humour.
Minore Britannia
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