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The North Water (TV Miniseries)

The North Water

2021

Andrew Haigh

Jack O'Connell, Colin Farrell, Stephen Graham, Sam Spruell ...

6.9

2,081

TV Series. Adventure. Drama. Thriller TV Miniseries. 5 Episodes. England, year 1859. Patrick Sumner is a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship's doctor on a 19th century whaling ship expedition to the Arctic. On board he meets Henry Drax, the harpooner, a brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Brian Tallerico The Playlist	"At times, the series’ intense realism can be almost overwhelming, but it is certainly never boring, and it’s further indication that the director of the great '45 Years' and 'Lean on Pete' is a craftsman of the highest order."	POS
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"It is, perhaps, a little longer and a little more restrained than it needed to be. Haigh’s ideas about society and human nature are legible and convincing (...) The two sides don’t quite come together with the force you’d like"	NEU
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"By the strength of its storytelling, the show eventually earns its darkest flourishes; it adds depth and real heft to its vision of the past as a land of monsters"	POS
United States	Robert Daniels rogerebert.com	"'The North Water' possesses every psychological and humanist component required to elucidate the nature of good and evil (...) but wastes too much effort trying to discover profound (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Matt Fowler IGN	"The main characters are easily distinguishable and the story is a very human one without losing any pulpy intensity"	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	The five-part limited series is a rousing nautical adventure of the sort you very, very rarely see attempted on television (...). I appreciated how even if The North Water only rises a little bit above average""	NEU
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"Even though 'The North Water' moves a bit slow, the performances more than make up for the dodgy pacing of the first episode."	POS

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