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- FOX
- Oct 2, 2014
- FOX
- Oct 2, 2014
- FOX
- Oct 2, 2014
- FOX
- Oct 2, 2014
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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48% Positive
14 Reviews
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52% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
62
48% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
52% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Gracepoint may not be superior to Broadchurch, but makes its own mark as fall’s best new broadcast network drama series--even if in some ways it’s not. Tennant’s estimable talents are the driving force of both versions, with each of the surrounding casts helping to keep him on point.
Even with an occasional made-for-TV-movie flatness, Gracepoint seems poignant and complex and even frightening enough to sustain interest all over again.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 53 User Ratings
7.6
70% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
21% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
9% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 53 User Ratings
7.6
70% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
21% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
9% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Gracepoint is a good show--not great, but good.
Realizing that my pleas for viewers to seek out the original will only go so far, I'll say that after watching the first seven episodes of Gracepoint, it's worth a look. If it's your first look. Otherwise, perhaps not. It takes many episodes for the plot ever to diverge, and for the most part, any changes aren't for the better. (And that's especially true for most of the casting.)
Through seven episodes there is nothing wildly different about the two shows, but Gracepoint has a facsimile’s faded quality. Something about it is less sharp, less bright, less keen, and you are left with a washed-out flier you have seen before.
The 10-part limited series is a serviceable mystery-slash-melodrama about small-town life, small-town minds and small-town secrets, but nothing really to write home about.
A weird photocopy containing little atmosphere and less emotional resonance.
Gracepoint so far has proved every bit as thrilling as its predecessor. Like a fine play, the cast has taken an excellent script and made it their own. The cinematography only adds to the chilling atmosphere. The complaints over Tennant's American accent are nonsense. He comes across mid-western, possibly Chicagoan in nature. He comes across angry and less broken than Hardy did, and I think that is a good thing. I absolutely enjoy it. The worst thing about is FOX's poor choice of night to show it.
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SEASON 1
I went into this as a Broadchurch fan. In fact, a Broadchurch superfan. I bought the DVDs and almost have them memorized. Gracepoint, however, was made for those who have never seen Broadchurch, which is most of America. That said, it has been made abundantly clear that after the second episode the stories diverge and we are assured that the ending winds up in a very different place. In fact, so much so that should there be a season 2, Carver's story will be radically different to that of his UK counterpart.Knowing this, I went into viewing Gracepoint on its own merits. I was not disappointed. Carver is a bit different, angrier, more cynical, still broken but more aggressive, almost like a wounded or cornered creature. I love the difference. Anna Gunn's Olivia is quite different as well. She is quicker to bite back and I like that, too. As to plot I've already spotted some game changers or one hell or brow raising red herrings proving in 2 episodes this is far more than a carbon copy. I also love the score. Written by Grammy Award winning drummer for They Might Be Giants, Marty Beller, it is as haunting as the score for Broadchurch but has an underlying feel of menace, eeriness and foreboding. Tennant's accent is fine. It's a non-specific east coast accent which is good. Especially given that there is no one true American accent. Here we are a fluid society, so movable that many of us have blended accents, so ignore any complaints you hear about it. I say well done, Mr. Tennant! The acting by the platinum quality cast is solid, the production values are set high above that of any network show...this could have been a high-grade pay channel **** yes, even as a Broadchurch superfan I am well pleased with Gracepoint.
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SEASON 1
Just because (many) americans are too ignorant to watch a tv show that has a weird accent (anything but their own) doesn't mean they have to remake to make it accessible. Stop remaking so much of our stuff and think up your own ideas. Just go and watch the original first season of Broadchurch, it's better. Get over our "funny" accents, we put up with all of your tv series and films. This was more of a rant than a review in all honesty.
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SEASON 1
If the first episode is an example of what is to come, I would considering canceling unless this is to become a comedy. Not only is this as a mystery a terrible start, but the slow performance of the actors, pauses, lack of direction, and lack of a plot will keep you wondering when will this end?
I would be surprised if this survives all 9 remaining, episodes. It reminds me of a home movie, or class play that just has gone wrong and the actors hate the script and it shows, and a director that is absent.
Good grief and good luck :(
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