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- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO
- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO
Summary The adaptation of Matt Ruff book follows Atticus Black (Jonathan Majors) as he goes on a roadtrip through segregated 1950s America with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to find his missing father (Michael K. Williams).
- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO
- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO
Lovecraft Country
Season 1 Premiere: Aug 16, 2020
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5.2
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Summary The adaptation of Matt Ruff book follows Atticus Black (Jonathan Majors) as he goes on a roadtrip through segregated 1950s America with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to find his missing father (Michael K. Williams).
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 Critic Reviews
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79% Positive
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21% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 Critic Reviews
79
79% Positive
33 Reviews
33 Reviews
21% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Freedom allows Green and her collaborators to show their stunning command of the energy and spirit the story's blending of science fiction and horror requires. It means that every slice of the audience, from monster movie lovers to Dan Brown-style conspiracy thriller nuts and Indiana Jones fans, will find something to enjoy here.
There are a few minor growing pains in the first half of the first season of “Lovecraft Country”—a tin line of dialogue here, a thin supporting performance there—but nothing that holds the show back from excellence overall. If it’s not on the absolute top tier of what’s on TV in 2020, it’s not far behind at all, and I suspect the first season of this show is going to be one of the year’s great conversation starters.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 327 User Ratings
5.2
46% Positive
151 Ratings
151 Ratings
12% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
42% Negative
136 Ratings
136 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 327 User Ratings
5.2
46% Positive
151 Ratings
151 Ratings
12% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
42% Negative
136 Ratings
136 Ratings
Rating: 100 (Masterpiece)
Full Series Review:
Don’t listen to bad reviews there just racist and hate the truth. Lovecraft Country is a phenomenal series with amazing direction, cinematography, and acting from the cast especially Jonathan Majors and Michael K. Williams.
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Amazing, need to watch it!! Every episode is different from one another and it gets better each and every episode
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Occasional missteps in pacing are a minor issue in the scheme of the series, which makes such powerful use of its excellent acting, smart scripts and vibrant visuals, it smooths over a few shaky moments. ... Like Peele's "Get Out," they use the building blocks of fantasy and horror to lure the viewer into to a story more profound and revealing. "Lovecraft" is that kind of story, both insightful and just plain scary.
The series is set in the Jim Crow era, and adequately addresses the racism and violence waged on African Americans – but it does so in a way that adds to the story, rather than rehashing trauma for our entertainment. Each character, each story, each line serves a purpose that helps to build a world of mystery, magic and Lovecraftian lore.
Even though it has a continuous story arc the show goes through tonal shifts, moving from Indiana Jones to grindhouse to bump-in-the-night scares, so that it almost feels like an anthology. But the dark, disturbing cloud of racism is ever present and seeps into every corner of the show like a wraith. Except this monster’s real.
Green has shown a gift for making the worst of our nation’s history into the staging ground for a conversation about the totality of its present. That’s on offer here, as well, but will become clearer as and if “Lovecraft Country” figures out the kind of show it wants to be. Surreality is a way to arrive at a deeper meaning, perhaps, but it requires crisply drawn characters to bring us through.
That's Lovecraft Country: A mélange of spectacular special effects, nerdy obsession, and crippling racial animus, all wrapped up in a tumbling free-form narrative that doesn't make much sense.
Perfeita demais ,icônica ,memorável e atemporal. O soco nos racistas nojentos
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For me this was just strange. As a black guy I appreciate that we finally live in an America where we aren't being portrayed as gangsters, athletes, or uneducated. And that racism is finally being taken serious.
But I don't see how people who aren't looking for a societal agenda can enjoy this. The racism feels comical. And the actual show is average.
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It's a lot of eccentric hooey, and I have the entire season. Inventive but full of nonsensical magic and derivative nonsense. One episode is even very Indiana Jones. The only reason I stick with this overblown schlock is Jurnee Smollett, truly a great beauty and bright light without parallel. I want to marry her -- is that asking too much?
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Sometimes it's silly fun and interesting. But most of the time it's blaming white people, especially white men. These are supposedly to blame for everything that goes wrong in the life of a black person, so the portrayal. The killing and bloody torture of white people is presented as justified and less bad, since they all embody "evil" in themselves. Also, this TV show has nothing to do with the stories of Lovecraft. This is misleading...
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Production Company:
- Bad Robot
- Monkeypaw Productions
- Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date: Aug 16, 2020
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Online Film & Television Association
• 2 Wins & 20 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Wins & 18 Nominations
