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Perry Mason (TV Series)

Perry Mason

2020

Ron Fitzgerald (Creator), Rolin Jones (Creator) ...

Matthew Rhys, John Lithgow, Tatiana Maslany, Jeanne Carr ...

6.6

1,487

TV Series. Drama TV Seies (2020-2023). 2 Seasons. 16 Episodes. Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Emma Fraser The Playlist	"[2nd Season Review]: Goes from good to great"	POS
United States	Chase Hutchinson Collider	"[2nd Season Review]: Matthew Rhys and Juliet Rylance excel in a More focused, sharper story (...) Season 2 of Perry Mason delicately probes the way the political is always intertwined with the emotional."	POS
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"[2nd Season Review]: [It] is slick and stylish and unapologetically aimed at adults. If 'Perry Mason' should step back into a courtroom for a third season, I'll be there, as I've grown fond of the rumpled way Rhys tackles this character"	POS
Canada	Alex Maidy JoBlo	"[2nd Season Review]: another brilliant character study wrapped in an intricate whodunit."	POS
United States	Steven Scaife Slant	"[2nd Season Review]: it may be watchable, but it’s so much louder about saying so much less (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"[2nd Season Review]: It's more cohesive, more appealing, and more ably justifies its existence as something other than a blatant IP cash grab"	POS
United States	Nandini Balial rogerebert.com	"[2nd Season Review]: There are a few plot points that don't get as much airtime as they should, but it helps that the ensemble cast sticks the landing with care"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[2nd Season Review]: Filtering race, sexuality and the corrupting influence of wealth through a 1930s lens, the series feels more relevant and compelling as a glimpse of the present through that past"	POS
United States	Kathryn VanArendonk Vulture	"[2nd Season Review]: A testament to how satisfying it is when a second season successfully reshapes the raw materials of a promising but imperfect first season"	POS
Canada	Andrew Parker The Gate	"[2nd Season Review]: The entire second season of 'Perry Mason' will leave viewers wanting more from this team (...) [A] successful, ongoing series"	POS
United States	Nina Metz Chicago Tribune	"[2nd Season Review]: It is much improved on all fronts (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[2nd Season Review]: The world may not have been ready for another 'Perry Mason', but if the snake is going to keep eating its own tail, let's at least hope it tastes like this"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps TV Guide	"[2nd Season Review]: [It] plays like the fully developed series that setup promised"	POS
United States	Gwen Ihnat AV Club	"The greatest joy of viewing 'Perry Mason' comes just from having so many amazing performers playing off of each other"	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"With a strong lead performance by Matthew Rhys, an ensemble to die for and impeccable Depression era production values, the show (...) [never answers why] this was the brand anybody wanted to mine."	NEU
United States	Keith Phipps TV Guide	"'Perry Mason' has all the ingredients of a great show but a less-than-compelling narrative keeps it from becoming one (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Judy Berman Time	"It’s the ideal show for right now (...) Beyond its simple pleasures, 'Perry Mason' is a reminder that police don’t have to be the focus"	POS
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"Too much of this show, a punishing eight installments, feels like yet another iteration of what we’ve seen already, elsewhere and often superior."	NEG
United States	Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"[It] is filled with great performances (...) It looks incredible (...) But the story’s a mess — at once convoluted and a bit too dull to fill eight hours (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Canada	Alex Maidy JoBlo	"'Perry Mason' definitely looks and feels authentic to the time period (...) I was not expecting to be as engrossed by this series as I was"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"The narrative and pacing aren't as tight as they could be, and after a solid start, the last few episodes get bogged down in the courtroom"	NEU
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"One of the most beautiful series ever made (...) A striking origin story that's still attuned to modern sensibilities."	POS
United States	Kelly Lawler USA Today	"No matter how appealing Rhys is as a down-and-out private eye in search of truth, 'Mason' is too funereal (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Dave Trumbore Collider	"The result is something that’s only briefly connected to what you know as 'Perry Mason', and something so bleak as to make it hard to recommend."	NEG

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