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Lovecraft Country (TV Series)

Lovecraft Country

2020

Misha Green (Creator), Yann Demange ...

Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance, Michael K. Williams ...

5.2

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TV Series. Thriller. Drama. Horror TV Series (2020). 10 Episodes. Atticus Black (Jonathan Majors) joins up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams). This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"A show that hooks you fast — and one toward which it's nearly impossible to be ambivalent (...) A celebration of and corrective to the legacy of the pulpiest of pulp fiction "	POS
United States	Kay B Collider	"A chilling, heartfelt, dark, intriguing, and overwhelming piece of art (...) Lovecraft Country is must-see television "	POS
United States	Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"A collage of influences and time periods, traveling backward through America’s history of racial atrocities (...) each episode feels like it could last twice as long and not get dull (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Candice Frederick TV Guide	"Though some of the storytelling may baffle viewers unfamiliar with certain folklore, all will be captivated by the multi-layered performances and immersive storytelling."	POS
United States	Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times	"There is a natural temptation to compare “Lovecraft Country” to “Watchmen But the series can also feel overheated, over-motivated, muddled and unsubtle, and not just because every single white character is trouble"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ed Power Telegraph	"[A] pulpy fun horror where the racism is even scarier than the monsters (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jake Cole Slant	"[It] eclipses even its source material in capturing the all-encompassing dread of Lovecraft’s fiction while at the same time confronting head-on the most problematic aspects of his writing (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Shannon Miller AV Club	"A stunning, horrific look at a grotesque legacy (...) It could not be a better representation of navigating a racist America—past and present—as a Black person."	POS
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"Surreality is a way to arrive at a deeper meaning, perhaps, but it requires crisply drawn characters to bring us through."	NEU
United Kingdom	Ellen E. Jones The Guardian	"It is protest art, just when the world needs it most (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Judy Berman Time	"A show that demonstrates how a society’s fears and prejudices get tangled up in the stories it tells. And it reminds us that the people a culture demonizes have more reason to be afraid than anyone."	POS
United States	Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"Lovecraft country’s pulpy call is one even Cthulhu couldn't resist (...) The monsters make Stranger Things look like a dollar-store lunchbox"	POS
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"The performances are top-notch, the premiere had tons of tension and action to go with a great story, and things promise to just get wilder from here."	POS

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