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The Alienist (TV Miniseries)

The Alienist

2018

James Hawes, Jakob Verbruggen ...

Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning, Martin McCreadie ...

6.6

5,462

TV Series. Thriller TV Series (2018). 10 Episodes. Crime reporter John Moore (Luke Evans) meets with psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brühl), to investigate a serial killer in New York during the late 19th century. The Alienist is based on the novel of same name by Caleb Carr. The psychological thriller drama is set in 1896, when a series of gruesome murders of boy prostitutes has gripped the city. Newly appointed top cop Teddy Roosevelt calls upon ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	James Poniewozik The New York Times	"Judging from the early episodes, it’s fine: lush, moody, a bit stiff. But it’s nothing to clear your calendar for (...) It would be twice as good with half as much lurid"	NEU
United States	Kelly Lawler USA Today	"The series is a melancholic mystery with just enough melodrama to make it addictive (...) Evans and Fanning impress (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jake Nevins The Guardian	"Despite lush production values and a disturbing plotline, the television adaptation of a 1994 literary sensation fails to excite (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"[It] is saddled with some unfortunately trite dialogue (...) While 'The Alienist' has style to spare, the first two episodes don’t make the strongest case for a viewer to stick around"	NEU
United States	Maureen Ryan Variety	"A rote, by-the-numbers serial killer drama (...) The time frame does not add much to 'The Alienist' (...) It generally treats subtlety as an unwelcome intruder that should be smashed with a hammer."	NEG
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Not as fresh as it might've been, but still quite effective (...) Delivering in sumptuous period production values and strong ensemble casting what it maybe lacks in freshness."	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"'The Alienist' has its simple appeals, most notably in its sterling production design and salacious nighttime excursions (...) This kind of story has been told before and told better"	NEU
United States	Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly	"Whenever Brühl and Evans share the screen, they spark the TNT drama to life (...) A detective who gets a little too close to the monster he’s chasing: Not too original, and even less compelling when it’s served up so gradually."	NEU

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