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| HULU | Release Date: May 17, 2019 |
Summary:
Set during World War II, Air Force bombardier Yossarian (Christopher Abbott) and his fellow soldiers are faced with absurd bureaucratic rules and decisions by Colonel Cathcart (Kyle Chandler), Scheisskopf (George Clooney) and Major de Coverley (Hugh Laurie) in this miniseries based on Joseph Heller's novel of the same name.
Genre(s):
Comedy, Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Action & Adventure
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Recent Episodes
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S1:E5. Episode 5
Air Date: May 17, 2019
Positive:
23
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
May 14, 2019
May 17, 2019
May 20, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Without Clooney stealing all the sunlight Chandler’s forceful performance deserves some Emmy notice. But the lack of effectively written and delivered humor in “Catch-22” downgrades it from a flawless flight to merely a very good one. The adaptation misses a few of Heller’s main targets, but hits enough of the notes to make it a worthy undertaking.
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May 13, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Six hours may be an hour too many given the repetitive nature of the plot (the required mission count rises, then rises again and again) but star Christopher Abbott makes for a likeable, relatable Yossarian. It’s sometimes difficult to tell the supporting flyers apart but as the episodes unroll their personalities come through a bit more.
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May 8, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The new series works better than it should. It elides some of the worst of the novel’s degradation of women, streamlines as best it can the most verbose of the vignettes and builds out Yossarian — played by Christopher Abbott in a performance that announces the leading-man arrival of a long-simmering talent — into a character whose angst we feel. Yet the series, in thrall to and in the shadow of one of the most sharply written novels of its era, never finds a way to live on its own.
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RogerEbert.com
May 16, 2019
May 18, 2019
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May 25, 2019
I can see why people like it. Personally, it wasn't my cup of tea, but I can see why people like it. You might.
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Jan 6, 2020
Main idea of the Heller's book was turned little bit upside-down, but I can't deny the quality of this show. It looks great, actors act great, all is done well and it's really entertaining.
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Jul 20, 2019
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