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- Feb 21, 2024
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- Feb 21, 2024
Summary Astronaut Jo (Noomi Rapace) returns to Earth after surviving a major incident in space but finds important parts of life missing in this psychological thriller from Peter Harness.
Created By: Peter Harness
- Apple TV+
- Feb 21, 2024
- Apple TV+
- Feb 21, 2024
Summary Astronaut Jo (Noomi Rapace) returns to Earth after surviving a major incident in space but finds important parts of life missing in this psychological thriller from Peter Harness.
Created By: Peter Harness
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
63
57% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
43% Mixed
10 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Constellation leans into depicting motherhood as a negotiation between a mother and her child while also entertaining the nightmarish suggestion that space itself could be sentient, and Rapace is riveting as the link between these two ideas.
The twists and turns are brilliant (and we're keeping completely quiet about the jaw-dropping ending), but it's how grounded the show is that sets it apart. .... All of this is not to say that Constellation is a completely flawless series – the pacing in the middle could definitely have been improved. .... For this series, though, I can almost forgive it.
Thankfully, the finale provides some legitimately earned answers, while also keeping things open for a potential second season. With a challenging premise, smart writing and strong performances, “Constellation” is well worth the eight-episode investment.
It’s a twisty conspiracy thriller with a confusing, complex scientific theory at its center.
When streaming services inevitably start cutting back on original productions, meandering and mundane ventures such as this will be first on the chopping block.
As it exists, “Constellation” is a couple of strong performances stranded in an uncanny vacuum, not unlike Jo left dangling in an abandoned ISS.
The problem is that Constellation is the latest streaming drama trying to stretch out two hours worth of plot so it will take up an eight-hour bag. Every idea is repeated, elongated, and then repeated again, until all that marvelous tension from the early chapters is gone long before the finale arrives.
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