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- 2023
- TV-14
- Apple TV+
- 2023
- TV-14
- Apple TV+
Summary The newest adaptation of Edith Wharton's unfinished novel of the same name from Katherine Jakeways follows a group of wealthy young American heiresses (Alisha Boe, Kristine Frøseth, Aubi Ibrag, Josie Totah, and Imogen Waterhouse) as they seek husbands at London's debutante season during the 1870s.
- 2023
- TV-14
- Apple TV+
- 2023
- TV-14
- Apple TV+
The Buccaneers (2023)
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 7, 2023
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5.1
Summary The newest adaptation of Edith Wharton's unfinished novel of the same name from Katherine Jakeways follows a group of wealthy young American heiresses (Alisha Boe, Kristine Frøseth, Aubi Ibrag, Josie Totah, and Imogen Waterhouse) as they seek husbands at London's debutante season during the 1870s.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
71
75% Positive
15 Reviews
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20% Mixed
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4 Reviews
5% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
71
75% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
20% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The Buccaneers has its flaws, but those flaws become easier to forgive the more you spend time with it and realize it knows exactly what it is and isn't afraid to show it.
We’re left with a group coming-of-age adventure, something that feels as if it could easily be set, instead, on an undergrad semester abroad, in 2023. And yet—the romance is compelling, and the wisteria is wisteria. I watched all eight episodes of the series in a white heat, and I am ready for more.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 User Ratings
5.1
48% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
14% Mixed
3 Ratings
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38% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 User Ratings
5.1
48% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
14% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
38% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
everybody thinks Nan is the **** is the lead character,but really she is the biggest antagonist,because the biggest crime you can commit,is being self-righteous. the actor does a delicious job at doing that. such is the quality of the entire series. the British always get it write.
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It is also largely a romcom rather than a fully Whartonly astute piece of social and proto-feminist commentary. But we are allowed some nonsense now and again, and there is nothing more joyfully restorative than when it is done as well as it is here. It is enormous fun without being unresonant with today’s concerns.
Purists might recoil at the soundtrack, the slang and the sexiness, but all in all this is a fabulous way to reintroduce Wharton to the world. Especially when compared to Julian Fellowes’s lavish but dreadfully dull The Gilded Age, here is a period drama that has managed to hit the sweet spot between modern whimsy and actual intellect.
Romance isn't the main objective, even if the series might flirt with it on occasion by incorporating a range of scenes from hands subtly, illicitly touching to characters falling into each other's arms with passionate abandon. Instead, the finishing touches here are more realistic, and often more cynical, but whether they'll leave a sour taste in the mouth depends entirely on what viewers are hoping to see from the story itself.
All told, The Buccaneers is neither a resounding success nor an utter failure. It’s a perfectly adequate teen drama with corsets and carriages, which might well be enough to satisfy its target audience and should keep anyone else with a passing interest in the subject matter and nothing better to watch reasonably entertained.
Wharton’s emotional architecture—the unspoken, subtextual longing and frustration and ambition—is made dully explicit, in writing so leaden and staged that it feels ripped right out of Selling Sunset. .... Only if you think in terms of an algorithmic TV pitchbot does the show make sense.
It’s hard to understand what exactly went wrong with this series, but I can tell that it lost me at a party scene where it had a really good song (be sweet by japanese breakfast) playing throughout a party. No effort given to make it blend in, it was just playing in the background. The editing really felt like a juniors project.
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Production Company:
- The Forge Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Nov 7, 2023
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards
GLAAD Media Awards
• 1 Nomination
