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- 2021
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
Summary The first season of the anthology series subtitled "Covenant" is set in 1950s where a black family from North Carolina move to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood where they experience both human and supernatural threats.
Created By: Little Marvin
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
Them (2021)
Season 1 Premiere: Mar 10, 2021
57
6.1
Summary The first season of the anthology series subtitled "Covenant" is set in 1950s where a black family from North Carolina move to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood where they experience both human and supernatural threats.
Created By: Little Marvin
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
57
35% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
60% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
57
35% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
60% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Them is a horror show, through and through. But while the violence is challenging, it’s not necessarily exploitative in its treatment.
What marks out this portrayal of 50s prejudice (not unworked ground) is that, thanks to magnificent performances from Thomas and Ayorinde, you get a great sense of the cost to victims: the sheer amount of mental energy it takes to navigate a relentlessly hostile world, the consequent exhaustion, the constant abrading of the soul. If the series has a weakness as a horror story, it’s that the supernatural stuff is really a bagatelle.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 56 User Ratings
6.1
59% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
7% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
34% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 56 User Ratings
6.1
59% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
7% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
34% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
Com um roteiro coeso e ótima exploração e desenvolvimento dos personagens e da trama é fácil dizer que essa é uma das melhores séries do prime
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"Them" was a need to see depiction on racism and the American dream. I enjoyed it, it was raw, it was uncut, with a little craziness/ horror but I saw the truth that the sorry was telling. A lot of people are not ready. I been ready. The truth is the truth!
Thanks to the creators of this masterpiece!
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Some people are going to love "Them" and some may be content to acknowledge its visceral potency while desiring to never watch it again. It may traumatize, and that doesn't make it bad or unworthy of your attention. Think of it as a provocation. Then decide if you have the stomach to be provoked, yet again.
The makers of "Them: Covenant" ask their audience to endure scenes of horrific abuse that are unearned by their broader framework.
Them: Covenant, on the other hand, has a lot of promising things going for it, including strong lead performances and unnerving atmosphere in every scene. But it’s hard not to notice that the show spends 10 episodes dragging out a nearly identical story to what Lovecraft efficiently told in one. And after a while, the new show’s individual strengths crumble under the weight of its sheer size.
This is another rehashing of broad Black Lives Matter statements that are unsuccessfully contorted to try to fit into a genre piece. As a result, both the horror aspect and the sociopolitical commentary are shortchanged. There's no sense of mystery, no intrigue that keeps you guessing until the final credits.
Them primarily feels empty during the first half of its run. But episode five, “Covenant I” — which is, notably, directed by the show’s only Black director, Zola’s Janicza Bravo — turns the show from a grating, hollow depiction of Blackness in America to one that revels in degrading its Black characters in a way that left me questioning both the Black creators involved and the studio system that is eager for this kind of work.
After watching two episodes, 'Them' is just an OK series. Before it, 'Lovecraft Country' managed to get my attention with an over-the-top but extremely relevant concept. This series echoes that HBO show (and 'Get Out' too), but so far I've seen nothing new or highly engaging. I'll keep watching, but I'm not sure if 'Them' will deliver.
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I give points for acting and the production because it really is quite well done but I went into watching it knowing I wouldn't like it and I found it gratuitous and most of the people who have given it a high rating are virtue signaling to a degree i find disgusting. I've also read a number of reviews of black people who have found it to be trauma porn so don't bother to say i'm not listening.
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Production Company:
- Vertigo Entertainment
- Hillman Grad
- Odd Man Out (II)
- Amazon Studios
- Sony Pictures Television Studios
Initial Release Date: Mar 10, 2021
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Online Film & Television Association
• 3 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination