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- 2017
- TV-MA
- Starz
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Starz
Summary After the death of his wife, ex-con Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) becomes a bodyguard for Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane), who is actually a mythological god working on building an army to battle the new gods of this world in the Bryan Fuller adaptation of Neil Gaiman's award-winning fantasy novel of the same name.
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Starz
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Starz
American Gods
Season 1 Premiere: Mar 1, 2017
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7.1
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Summary After the death of his wife, ex-con Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) becomes a bodyguard for Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane), who is actually a mythological god working on building an army to battle the new gods of this world in the Bryan Fuller adaptation of Neil Gaiman's award-winning fantasy novel of the same name.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
33 Reviews
33 Reviews
31% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 Critic Reviews
72
67% Positive
33 Reviews
33 Reviews
31% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The conscientious visual style that Fuller honed on “Hannibal” achieves riotous new heights of sensuality in this series. Green, a DC Comics veteran whose television credits include serving as an executive producer on “Heroes,” aids in harmonizing the story’s surfeit of histories and personalities into an intelligible and spellbinding structure.
American Gods is a bit too packed with these intriguing jaunts, and the narrative sometimes feels like it will run out of gas long before reaching its destination. (The first 8-episode season reportedly covers only the first third of the fantasy epic.) But that doesn't mean you won't enjoy the ride.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 480 User Ratings
7.1
70% Positive
336 Ratings
336 Ratings
14% Mixed
68 Ratings
68 Ratings
16% Negative
76 Ratings
76 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 480 User Ratings
7.1
70% Positive
336 Ratings
336 Ratings
14% Mixed
68 Ratings
68 Ratings
16% Negative
76 Ratings
76 Ratings
Absolutely amazing. I loved the book and was happy to see that the TV series did it justice. Too bad it was canceled before they got through the entire story. Fingers crossed for a movie to tie everything up a bit.
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Joining McShane and Whittle, such stars as Cloris Leachman, Peter Stormare, Emily Browning, Pablo Schreiber, and others contribute their immeasurable talents. They play their roles expertly, carrying the show's allure and mystery while humanizing their otherworldly characters.
Like the Wachowskis’ “Sense8,” you are prompted to suspend disbelief not by a convincing narrative but by hypnotic visuals--here augmented by extraordinary performances.
Laura (Emily Browning) is still one of the best parts of the series, but she’s missing too much from the screen. There’s little focus and disparate storylines, and American Gods doesn’t seem interested in the deeper questions it once asked.
American Gods is amazing to look at and often hard to watch. If you're a fan of Gaiman's work, and patient with slow-moving scenes of thinly developed characters speechifying, you may like it. Others might want to proceed with caution.
Without the visual panache of the first season to balance the occasionally thin material, it becomes hard to ignore that the characters are more words than people, vehicles for expository monologues that stand in for actual conflict.
Having just seen Seasons 1-3 of American Gods, I'm heartbroken to learn that the show has been cancelled. Unlike some of the negative reviewers, I did not find this show confusing or believe that it suffered from a lack of explanation (the main character's story arc is literally him being thrown into a world he doesn't fully understand, hence the air of mystery). If this show had been on traditional broadcast television, I'd understand the cancellation. The plot moves somewhat slowly compared to other shows, because it takes time to contextualize the characters that Shadow meets, and the world he now finds himself in. And the show does that beautifully. Of course, this is coming from the perspective of someone who was able to watch each season consecutively, making the story and plot progression seem more cohesive than it would have been if there'd been a year or more wait time between seasons. From what I understand, the cancellation was mainly due to issues with the production company and Starz. Lack of funds, poor leadership, and a new showrunner each season. It's a shame because American Gods is one of the most interesting shows that I've seen in a long time. I'm really hoping that Amazon or another streaming service picks this show up now that Starz has abandoned it, because there is still so much story to be told.
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It started off with a amazing premise but sadly you can see it get affected by the same thing every show between 2015 to 2019 got messed up with. Way too much writing around boring subjects that don't belong in SIFIs or Fantasies that were pushed in and made no connection to plot. Despite those typical flaws of todays shows I found my self able to catch up to current episodes.
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I read the books...generally follows the books but is WAY OVER THE TOP into woke black bs...exaggerated view of black history that is not true or realistic. Woke Trash.
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Terrible show. A bunch or weird **** they don’t explain anything whatsoever. Good luck trying to figure out wtf is going on. I’ve never watched every single episode of a show and still been so confused form
Episode one to episode 8. A show rated so high I was expecting something good but man all I got was a bunch or weirdness with no explanation.
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Production Company:
- Canada Film Capital
- Fremantle
Initial Release Date: Mar 1, 2017
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Directors Guild of Canada
• 2 Wins & 9 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 5 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
