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- 2017
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- 2017
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- Netflix
Godless
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 22, 2017
75
7.2
All Seasons
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
75
80% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
20% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
75
80% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
20% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The series often moves at a deliberate pace, but you’ll never be bored or impatient watching it--not only because there are plenty of effective and sometimes gruesome action scenes, but also because Frank takes delicious care in writing multidimensional, irresistibly engaging characters.
Anyone pining for an honest-to-God Western with vividly mythic characters, soaring vistas and thrilling showdowns will find the seven episodes of Godless a heaven-sent, rip-roaring Thanksgiving-week feast. [13-26 Nov 2017, p.16]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 238 User Ratings
7.2
72% Positive
172 Ratings
172 Ratings
11% Mixed
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
16% Negative
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 238 User Ratings
7.2
72% Positive
172 Ratings
172 Ratings
11% Mixed
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
16% Negative
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
Great mini series....wishing for season 2. But since its be over 2 years, probably not happening.
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Absolutely incredible show. The cinematography, writing, acting (for the most part) and production quality are just fantastic. It's amazing to me that web shows are now of such quality. I enjoyed it more than pretty much any movie in recent years (except for Hereditary, Annihilation, and Mandy, the holy trinity of 2018) Highly recommend it. It fully launched my interest in westerns
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Ultimately, the sheer pleasure of Godless defeats any reservations you may have about it. Daniels is both hilarious and scary, and he’s clearly having a great time pulling on his scraggly beard as this project’s ultimate villain. And there’s a long, well-staged shootout at the end that is both very-traditional-western and something totally new, because more than half the shooters are women, with guns blazing.
Godless manages to come across as both familiar and fresh. Plot lines are recognizable without becoming trite. Characters are taken to predictable extremes without sliding into caricatures.
Even if the flaws remain obvious, it’s worth following this story into the desert. There’s great acting to be found, and some thoughtful writing--and if you like sweeping panoramas of the sun setting across an untamed wild, then you’re in excellent, if heavy, hands.
When the action gets up close and personal, it helps that Godless’s cast is by and large top-notch. ... After watching more than seven hours of Godless, it’s also a little hard to understand whether Frank is paying tribute to Westerns of old or indulging in their most basic clichés just because he can.
The thrilling final battle is masterfully staged. It takes far too long to get there, though, with entire episodes in the middle of the series that seemingly could have been removed entirely.
An incredible western. I understand the desire for shows like this to be realistic, therefore be more violent, bloody and graphic. But that’s really my ONLY complaint about the show. I think it’s unnecessarily gory at times. But aside from that, it is truly a magnificent western. The characters are fantastic. They develop in a natural way and are given the time to develop through the series. The series has a powerful emotional impact. I hope they will make more quality westerns like this one.
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7 Hours achieved less than a movie could do in 2. This series spent too much time on melodrama and introducing characters (and corresponding plotlines), and didn't develop or conclude any of them...save the 'A' plot. Ultimately feels like an extra long cut of a mediocre film.
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PC drivel, excruciatingly boring at times. The amount of acting talent wasted in this is unbelievable.
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Production Company:
- Netflix
Initial Release Date: Nov 22, 2017
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3 Wins & 12 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Gold Derby Awards
• 4 Nominations
