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When They See Us (TV Miniseries)

TV Shows from the 2010s

When They See Us

2019

Ava DuVernay (Creator), Ava DuVernay

Jharrel Jerome, Aunjanue Ellis, Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris ...

7.9

13,987

TV Series. Drama TV Miniseries (2019). 4 Episodes. In 1989 five teenagers of color who were accused of a rape in Central Park they did not commit. Based on a true story that gripped the country.

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[DuVernay] approaches their story in ways that avoid typical triumph-over-adversity narrative tropes (...) The material mines profound outrage, and the note-perfect ensemble lends it heart."	POS
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"[It] immerses viewers in a tale with none of the gaudy fun that true crime often offers. It’s an achievement"	POS
United States	Judy Berman Time	"[An] elegant, wrenching four-part reenactment of the Central Park Five saga (...) [The director] never reduces her subjects (...) to statistics or types."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[It] makes a powerful case to be seen (...) The details of the case, as reenacted, provide the inherent power of 'When They See Us'"	POS
United Kingdom	Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"[The performances] are uniformly astonishing (...) They capture the innocence, in all senses, of children, and the permanence of its loss. It feels like a great privilege to see them (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[The] storytelling lacks the acute insights needed for 'When They See Us' to stand out — politically or emotionally (...) Long, structurally soggy, and less affecting than the Ken Burns’ 2012 documentary"	NEU
United States	Jen Chaney Vulture	"An intimate, sensitive look at the Central Park Five tragedy (...) All of the actors portraying the wrongly convicted young men, at early and later stages, inhabit them with a natural ease"	POS

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