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The Village (2019)

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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 7 Ratings

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The Village (2019)

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NBC | Release Date: March 19, 2019

Summary: Sarah is a single mom raising a teenager, law student Gabe has an older roommate, Ava only wants a good future for her American-born son, Nick has just returned from a war, and Ron and Patricia are some of the residents at the Village, a Brooklyn apartment building.

Genre(s): Drama

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S1:E8. Choosing to Hope
Air Date: May 7, 2019

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IndieWire Liz Shannon Miller

Mar 20, 2019

Season 1 Review: There’s room for optimism, because there are plenty of stories to be told, and given time, this cast may grow into them. It’s a low-key sort of fantasy, the idea of one-time strangers becoming a found family in an urban jungle. But fantasy stories have a way of feeding the soul. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Robert Lloyd

Mar 19, 2019

Season 1 Review: Fine performances go a long way to mitigating the corniness the show actively courts. Read full review

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rob Owen

Mar 14, 2019

Season 1 Review: “The Village” is certainly better and more ambitious than “Rise,” but it’s no “This Is Us.” Often, “This Is Us” comes by its emotional moments believably and naturally. For its lack of subtlety, “The Village” would be more aptly titled “All! The! Feels!” Read full review

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CNN

Brian Lowry

Mar 18, 2019

Season 1 Review: The main problem is The Village feels like it's trying too hard -- as if the show was developed specifically to try replicating the warm fuzzies that its lead-in, "This is Us," regularly delivers, transparently wrapped in a "family is what you make of it" message. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Dan Fienberg

Mar 19, 2019

Season 1 Review: If that actually does sound like a reason you watch TV [to cry uncontrollably for an hour every week], then The Village has been precision-designed in a laboratory for your pleasure. If, however, you're allergic to overt manipulation even in the hands of a reasonably talented cast and thoroughly admirable production values, best to give this one the widest of berths. It's a never-ending hamster wheel of tears. Read full review

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USA Today

Kelly Lawler

Mar 18, 2019

Season 1 Review: The writers of Village make the mistake of confusing emotion with quality. It's not enough just to feel; you have to do something with those feelings, too. Read full review

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Variety

Daniel D'Addario

Mar 18, 2019

Season 1 Review: The Village veers all over the map and does not boast actors capable of selling all of the lines they’re given. The Village’s idiosyncracies, then, come to seem studied and affected, and its moments of connection like rudimentary and naked bits of manipulation. Read full review

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ConnieO

May 14, 2019

This show is one of the best to come along in several decades... Contrary to D'Addario's inaccurate review, The Village has several actors who are stellar when delivering the lines given to them. Frankie Faison, Lorraine Toussaint, and Dominic Chianese are all seasoned actors who play theirThis show is one of the best to come along in several decades... Contrary to D'Addario's inaccurate review, The Village has several actors who are stellar when delivering the lines given to them. Frankie Faison, Lorraine Toussaint, and Dominic Chianese are all seasoned actors who play their characters with nuance, passion and real believability. As a seasoned Drama TV viewer, I have been completely drawn in by their compelling and sensitive character portrayals week to week. Warren Christie, Michaela McManus, Daren Kagasoff and Grace Van Dien as the younger set of actors all are excellent in their roles and ignite the viewer's compassion and interest in wanting to see more of their life-touching life stories. There is something for everyone in The Village as the writing is current, topical and brilliant. The premise of the show is very unique as it explores the varied, complex and intertwining lives of those who live in one single apartment building. All of these lives appear to be quite ordinary until the viewer is given an up close and in-depth view of each character. This is when the character's lives then take on real meaning as the superficial assumptions are peeled away to reveal human beings who we, as the viewers, can all relate to from similar experiences in our own lives. The Village is a Thinking Person's show and takes the time to develop its characters with a fine, full-bodied approach much like a seasoned fine wine. It is a finely written dramatic series that has great potential to go the distance like the award-winning, "This Is Us" TV series. It is also a welcome respite from all the formulaic sitcoms with canned audience laughter that are a bane to most TV viewer's existence. I hope the studio execs realize the brilliance of The Village and green light it for several more seasons. Give us, as the viewers, stellar shows like this so that we are less inclined to watch the non-network channels or surf the net/play video games on our computers. The major networks ratings have been declining for years because TPTB appear to have lost their ability to recognize superior, quality shows like The Village. Do the right thing and renew it for the foreseeable future.… Expand

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Kelskaye333

May 14, 2019

Great show with real emotions and real life stories. The show is honest and I love the char art and can’t wait to see how things unfold in the next season

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morris_l

May 22, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last episode was the most intense and sentimental episode of any show i have ever watched. All of them had something going on. From Katie going into emergency labor due to her placenta ripping to Patricia who was having surgery for her cancer. Enzo proposed, Ben was grieving for his son, Ron was praying for Patricia, and for the first time in weeks (in the show), Katie allows her dad, who left her mom before he knew she was pregnant 17 years ago, but found out 10 years later and never came back, see her. And the fight between The Village (the apartment complex they all stay in) and Katie ends. Katie also finds new relationship with Liam and they finally kiss. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN ONE EPISODE!!! You would think this would make it seem crowded, but everything going on was so put together that it didn’t seem like it was all packed in, it felt like how it would happen in real life.… Expand

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Chrisk0522

May 30, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love this show.I got hooked right away.and all my friends too.Please keep it running.… Expand

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SUEJRONJ

Oct 25, 2019

I loved The Village and looked forward to it every week. Shame on NBC for cancelling the show. With all the other crap on at night, it was refreshing to see a show like this. Please bring it back!!!!!!!!

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 19, 2019
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  S1:E8. Choosing to Hope
  Air Date: May 7, 2019