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  • Sep 20, 2020
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  • Sep 20, 2020
Us

Summary Douglas Petersen (Tom Hollander) hopes to use his family's three week European vacation with their son (Tom Taylor) to change his wife Connie's (Saskia Reeves) mind about leaving him in this adaptation of David Nicholls' novel of the same name. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 20 Sep 2020 and to air in the US on PBS in 20...

  • PBS
  • Sep 20, 2020
  • PBS
  • Sep 20, 2020
Us
Season 1
Season Premiere: Sep 20, 2020
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Douglas Petersen (Tom Hollander) hopes to use his family's three week European vacation with their son (Tom Taylor) to change his wife Connie's (Saskia Reeves) mind about leaving him in this adaptation of David Nicholls' novel of the same name. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 20 Sep 2020 and to air in the US on PBS in 20...

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80
Jun 21, 2021
Us manages to be funny and heartfelt despite documenting what looks to be the end of a long marriage. Even if the story isn’t for you, though, you may just watch so you can start planning your next big vacation.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 3, 2021
Gorgeously bittersweet. [7 - 20 Jun 2021, p.7]
By Matt Roush
80
Nov 11, 2020
This was an adaptation that didn't embarrass the novel for two reasons -- 1) a good script, written by Nicholls, and 2) Tom Hollander. I am not saying Saskia Reeves and Tom Taylor were not enjoyable as Connie and graceless Kevin-the-teenager son Albie; they were. But it was the infinitely watchable Hollander, with his talent for acerbic, eye-rolling despondency, who was its main energy.
By Carol Midgley FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 11, 2020
Occasionally the middle-class, massive-kitchen-ness of Us can teeter just on the edge of smug, but in the end I was charmed, and as strange as it is to feel nostalgic for such a recent period of time, that nostalgia was felt keenly. The cast are all great, but particularly Hollander and Reeves, who warm up characters that could be cold.
By Rebecca Nicholson FULL REVIEW
76
Jun 18, 2021
Us remains focused on its people rather than the places, becoming a compelling, challenging character journey that feels truthful—even if it doesn’t really make a solid case for the connection between its leads in the past or present, despite Douglas’ desire to keep the union intact.
By Allison Keene FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 18, 2021
There’s nothing surprising or exceptional about “Us,” but it’s a solid, well-acted miniseries that begins with a painful sense of decorum and then breaks into something more raw, and more affecting.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
58
Jun 21, 2021
While the show does find some drama in that disconnect, “Us” is largely like the Petersen family itself: following a well-worn trail with one man resisting the pull to spend time on a more fulfilling path.
By Steve Greene FULL REVIEW

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