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61st Street (TV Series)

61st Street

2022

Peter Moffat (Creator), Ramaa Mosley ...

Tosin Cole, Bentley Green, Courtney B. Vance, Aunjanue Ellis ...

6.5

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TV Series. Drama. Thriller TV Series (2022). 1 Season. 8 Episodes. Follows Moses Johnson (Tosin Cole), a promising high school athlete, who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system.

Canceled after the first season.

	Media	Author	Review
		Tambay Obenson IndieWire	"The story may not win any points for originality, but its strong performances make it worthwhile"
		Caroline Framke Variety	"In its least convincing moments, '61st Street' feels derivative of other works that have tackled similar subject matter. In its best ones, it paces itself, pushes beyond the basics, and trusts its actors"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"An expertly crafted production, with docudrama-style cinematography that perfectly captures the feeling we’re actually in a neighborhood populated by a wide range of figures (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"A watchable blend of provocative ideas, a semi-vivid setting and one narrative trope after another that feels lifted from one prestige TV show after another"
		Verne Gay Newsday	"Hard to watch, but well-worth watching (...) It doesn't always want viewers to like what they're seeing (...) But it does want them to at least think about what they're seeing (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Joel Keller Decider	"We’re giving a recommendation of '61st Street' mostly for the performances of Vance and Ellis. But we’re definitely concerned that the show will lean too hard on things we’ve seen in this genre too many times"
		Robert Daniels rogerebert.com	"A heavy-handed legal thriller (...) while nothing in Moffat’s all-too bleak legal series offends the spirit, nothing feeds it either."
		Tim Lowery AV Club	"A vital tale, just not a particularly well told one (...) Well-intentioned but heavy-handed"

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