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World On Fire (TV Series)

World On Fire

2019

Chanya Button, Adam Smith ...

Jonah Hauer-King, Sean Bean, Helen Hunt, Lesley Manville ...

6.3

471

TV Series. War. Drama TV Series (2019-2023). 2 Seasons. 13 Episodes. The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.

Canceled after its second season.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Rebecca Nicholson The Guardian	"[2nd Season Review]: totally gripping (...) has an immaculate grasp of tension and character. To watch is to be fully invested in these peoples’ fate (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	James Hibbs Radio Times	"[2nd Season Review]: it remains immersive, but its structural issues are more prominent than ever (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Anita Singh Telegraph	"[2nd Season Review]: a welcome change of battle scene but it won't set the genre alight (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"There’s some cardboard in the construction, but the narrative tug is strong (...) The best thing about the show is the great Lesley Manville’s performance"	POS
United Kingdom	Jasper Rees Telegraph	"The scale of the drama’s ambition is laudable, specially given the absence of Netflix megabucks (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"This is far from the standard wartime miniseries. It is a beautifully turned ensemble piece, with everyone getting their time in the spotlight (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"[It] often bites off more than it can chew (...) Still, the dense episodes (...) do eventually give way to satisfying character development and fresh complications"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ed Cumming The Independent	"It’s not especially clever, but it is big, exciting, and packed with watchable actors (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Robyn Bahr The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] lacks the technical finesse required for a war drama to stir the senses. The writing leans heavily on shocking brutality and drippy melodrama to drive the action"	NEG
United Kingdom	Alistair McKay London Evening Standard	"It looks expensive and beautiful, with its overcoats and hats and steam trains. The characters, so far, are thinly drawn, but perhaps they will acquire nuance as the war progresses."	POS
United States	Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times	"Big scenes and effects (...) are expertly done, immediate and suspenseful and shocking, staking you to the moment. The occasional false notes (...) only reinforce the fact that the show is so successful."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"Beautifully made, extremely soapy (...) Once you've been sucked in, it's awfully hard to look away"	POS
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"[It] is certainly a character-driven drama, but those characters, and the fine performances that shape them, are more than enough to work through the disjointed first episode and see where their lives go"	POS

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