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- AMC
- Oct 1, 2020
- AMC
- Oct 1, 2020
Summary The anthology series is set 15 years into the future where people can take a test to find their soulmate.
Created By: William Bridges, Brett Goldstein
- AMC
- Oct 1, 2020
- AMC
- Oct 1, 2020
Summary The anthology series is set 15 years into the future where people can take a test to find their soulmate.
Created By: William Bridges, Brett Goldstein
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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45% Positive
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55% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
62
45% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The strength of the cast and the engaging storytelling help mitigate the fact that we spend very little time with these people. Any one of these stories could sustain an entire series, and in some ways the show might have been better for it. But thanks to great performances (from a largely British cast playing Americans) including Sarah Snook, Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy, Charlie Heaton, Malin Akerman, Bill Skarsgård, and Betsy Brandt, it’s easy to become immediately invested in each new story—though leaving them behind is more of a challenge.
The six-episode run makes clear that the format offers a vast array of storytelling possibilities, built around the tantalizing promise of better dating through science, with all the cautionary warnings that entails.
Soulmates boasts a ton of great actors putting in fine performances, but you may want to look at the episode descriptions first before plowing forward. There are some that we think will be way more satisfying than others.
There’s definitely something in a programme about data-matched soulmates. But it’s hard to believe this uneven offering is The One.
“Soulmates” tells some of the stories one might immediately expect from the premise, and one or two which feel far more original. But despite the promise of those episodes which fall into the latter category, and despite the uniformly excellent acting (just wait ‘til you read the cast list), it’s hard not to walk away feeling as if you’ve spent hours watching the writers attempt to free themselves from their pitch.
Soulmates feels like neither an indictment nor a celebration of the concept of predestined lovers, but rather a cluster of underdeveloped ideas loosely held together by it.
The result is a show which echoes the packet handed to each Soul Connex patient with their results: expensively packaged, intriguing in its outlines, the character distant but familiar, the parts seemingly aligned. But perfection devoid of intimacy is still a flat page. It takes much more than the compatibility of parts, however scientific, to make a match.
User Score
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Based on 5 User Ratings
5.6
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User Score
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Based on 5 User Ratings
5.6
40% Positive
2 Ratings
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40% Mixed
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20% Negative
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