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- 2023
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
Summary 12-year-old Edward Adler (Colin O'Brien), the only survivor of a plane crash and the family and friends of the other victims make connections with each other after the tragic accident in the Jason Katims drama series based on the novel of the same name by Ann Napolitano.
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
Dear Edward
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 2, 2023
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7.3
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Summary 12-year-old Edward Adler (Colin O'Brien), the only survivor of a plane crash and the family and friends of the other victims make connections with each other after the tragic accident in the Jason Katims drama series based on the novel of the same name by Ann Napolitano.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
61
44% Positive
7 Reviews
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56% Mixed
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0% Negative
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A rich, earnest new Apple TV+ drama. ... It aims to be an opus on loss, community, and recovery, and, unlike so many shows these days, it’s willing to be 100 percent sincere. Yes, the music swells for effect, and yes, the gloom is telegraphed at times. The show will definitely invite you to cry — but you just might be willing to accede.
Yes, a child shall lead them. Enter “Dear Edward” with caution if such tropes make you gag. But know that there’s plenty here to like, whether or not you’ve had the misfortune of knowing grief on an intimate basis.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
7.3
64% Positive
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0% Mixed
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36% Negative
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Dear Edward is imperfect yet ultimately compelling — a quietly ambitious study of grief and connection. It’s refreshingly unflashy, focused on its characters and the emotional thread that links them together.
Finding drama and resilience in the seeds of tragedy, Dear Edward is a sensitively done series that never fully recovers from its challenging premise . . . Intended to be uplifting, the Apple TV+ show is too much of a bummer to wholly recommend boarding this flight.
The subplots are uneven: some compelling — Anna Uzele is especially good as a politician's idealistic granddaughter — some underdeveloped. [13 - 26 Feb 2023, p.6]
The first season of Dear Edward feels like 10 hours of 10 (or more) people crying at each other nonstop. There’s no room for anything to echo because the cacophony of misery is so loud and so pervasive. Dear Edward is made with enough craft and driven by enough solid performances that it doesn’t usually feel like straight-up misery porn.
Smart but unshapely literary adaptation, full of good intentions and interesting characters but bloated beyond recognition at 10 hours. ... The only performer who seems to be having much fun is Connie Britton, who devours scenery as Dee Dee.
Production Company:
- Apple Studios
- True Jack Productions
Initial Release Date: Feb 2, 2023
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination
