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- 2013
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- 2013
- TV-MA
- SHOWTIME
Summary The six-part documentary series follows the final weeks of several terminally ill patients.
- 2013
- TV-MA
- SHOWTIME
- 2013
- TV-MA
- SHOWTIME
Time of Death
Season 1 Premiere: 2013
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7.1
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Summary The six-part documentary series follows the final weeks of several terminally ill patients.
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
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13% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
83
88% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
You won't want to watch this, Yes, it will wreck you. But you'll be grateful you let it. [8 Nov 2013, p.61]
The camera is discreet, cutting away at the very end, giving privacy when taste requires. The families involved are brave in ways not required of ordinary "reality TV" subjects. Even when they appear to be speaking for the camera, the situations are not manipulated. The impact is quite powerful.
Although some viewers will find it difficult to watch the stories of real people in their last months and moments of life, there's an uplifting quality to the series because of the sheer humanity on display.
Presumably the producers’ realization of what they had in Maria and her bright, gorgeous, unfettered children led to the bifurcated structure of the series, and it’s the ups but mostly downs of her last eight months on earth that make Time of Death worth watching.
While it's not always easy to watch Time of Death, which is bound to trigger memories for those who've logged time with the dying, it's a gift to spend time with its highly individual subjects, who resist a one-size-fits-all approach.
Part of that shortcoming relates to the structure, which deals with one story unfolding across all six hours, with a self-contained “B” player in each. Ultimately, the series is worth a look if not necessarily worthy of the whole journey, as Death doesn’t completely become Showtime.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
7.1
71% Positive
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29% Negative
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Production Company:
- Magical Elves Productions
Initial Release Date: 2013
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
• 1 Nomination
