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Westworld (TV Series)

HBO Classics

Westworld

2016

Jonathan Nolan (Creator), Jonathan Nolan ...

Evan Rachel Wood, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Thandiwe Newton ...

7.3

30,778

TV Series. Sci-Fi. Western. Drama. Mystery TV Series (2016-2022). 4 Seasons. 36 Episodes. Two guests at a high-tech amusement park go on a wild west adventure. The park is peopled by robots and is designed to provide a 100% life like experience simulating Roman times, cowboy times, and medieval times. When the park's central computer breaks down, the robots start to run amok and our two guests find themselves stalked by a robot gunslinger.

	Media	Author	Review
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"[4th Season Review]: Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan’s glossy shell of a prestige TV show needs a consistent, core, truly unkillable life force"
		Belen Edwards Mashable	"[4th Season Review]: A strong synthesis of the old and the new of 'Westworld'. With its epic scope and some of the show's most devastating storytelling so far, Season 4 is not one you want to miss"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[4th Season Review]: I’m not even sure if it’s frustrating or weirdly reassuring to note that the fourth season of Westworld is business as usual"
		Brian Tallerico The Playlist	"[4th Season Review]: the plotting on 'Westworld' can still be playfully enjoyable (...) It’s that playfulness that was lost in season three, but the fourth season has some wonderful reminders of this show’s potential."
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"[4th Season Review]: the first four episodes of 'Westworld’s' fourth season are often fun, with spiky and interesting moments sprinkled amid other elements that feel like filler"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"[4th Season Review]: Except for those most invested in making 'Westworld' make sense, no matter how much you play with the wiring it doesn't look like [the 'good old days' are] coming back"
		James Dyer Empire	"[4th Season Review]: This continues to be one of the most aesthetically dazzling shows on television (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Karama Horne The Wrap	"[4th Season Review]: Still confusing? Yes. But the sci-fi show has now essentially been rebooted (...) If fans can hold out until a huge twist in ['Westworld']'s midseason finale they won't be disappointed"
		Carly Lane Collider	"[4th Season Review]: 'Westworld' hasn't gone back to the place where it all started, and continues to expand its scope far beyond the borders of the park"
		Matt Fowler IGN	"[4th Season Review]: 'Westworld' shrinks to smaller, more intimate arcs for its Season 4 opener. The series still feels mysterious in a fun way and ominous in its themes and methods but this 'reset' mode also has its drawbacks"
		Dylan Roth The New York Observer	"[4th Season Review]: The most legible and the most fun 'Westworld' has been in years. It's still a mind game, but it no longer feels as if you're playing against a computer"
		Jack Seale The Guardian	"[4th Season Review]: Nothing but a humdrum dramedy about sad singletons (...) Has the show that once asked the biggest questions about humanity and technology really come to this? (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"[4th Season Review]: The initial cool shock of 'Westworld' has passed, and now, six years since the show's premiere, we can just settle in for more of the comfortably familiar"
		Lacy Baugher Paste Magazine	"[4th Season Review]: [It] remains at its best when it's asking us to question our own realities. In many ways, Season 4 goes further in that regard than ever before (...) [It] is unafraid to take risks and swing for the fences"
		Johnny Loftus Decider	"[4th Season Review]: Led by strong work from Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, and Aaron Paul, [and] the sleek visual aesthetic allows it to coast on its own cool weirdness whenever the plotting starts to chase its own tail"
		Lewis Knight Radio Times	"[4th Season Review]: [It] returns with more cryptic puzzles to solve and even more enigmatic characters to discover (...) 'Westworld' season 4 has the elements to deliver one of its best seasons yet (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Melanie McFarland Salon	"[4th Season Review]: Now that we know how [it] works, it's easy to bird-dog the secrets hiding in plain sight. Regardless of the slack in other plotlines, [Maeve and Caleb's] propulsive force is sufficient reason to stick around"
		Sarah Milner SlashFilm	"[4th Season Review]: Despite how self-serious and clunky it gets, there are also really exhilarating moments that break up the tedium (...) Season 4 will likely end up being the worst outing of 'Westworld' so far"
		Haleigh Foutch Collider	"[3rd Season Review]: Season 3 delivers a lot of high-energy action, and you better believe that big HBO budget shines through every step of the way (...) Stunning and ambitious (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"[3rd Season Review]: The new capabilities it’s aiming for —to satisfy fans with crisp, straightforward storytelling— have obvious virtues, but limit the show’s power, too (...) [It] remains, reservations aside, a well-made and engaging show"
		Kristen Baldwin Entertainment Weekly	"[3rd Season Review]: If I had to sum up how these first four episodes made me feel in one word, it would be this: tired (...) It’s time the writers let Dolores, Maeve, and Bernard control-alt-delete themselves"
		Ron Hogan Den of Geek	"[3rd Season Review]: [It] takes threads from the first two seasons and weaves them into something else, both familiar and fresh at once (...) [It] remains thought-provoking televison of the highest order (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"[3rd Season Review]: Season 3 sheds its old, suffocating skin to become a leaner, more lucid, and higher-stakes adventure, but in doing so it exposes its inability to manufacture fast and effective thrills."
		Tim Surette TV Guide	"[3rd Season Review]: One of the reasons it works well is because Season 3 of 'Westworld' is reminiscent of Nolan's previous work of greatness (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brandon Katz The New York Observer	"[3rd Season Review]: It’s still fun to watch Dolores go full Jason Bourne. But the show’s undeniable imagination doesn’t extend to the substance of its content."
		Meghan O'Keefe Decider	"[3rd Season Review]: [It] may not come together narratively, but it is a truly thrilling audience experience (...) Season 3 might be best enjoyed if you approach it like a roller coaster: full of ups and downs, twist, and sensory highs"
		Kelly Lawler USA Today	"[2nd Season Review]: 'Westworld' is smarter, faster, stronger in Season 2 (...) A TV show that knows what it's doing and where it's going (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"[2nd Season Review]: The actors remain strong, including a number of new cast members. Where Season 2 stumbles is its structure and pacing."
		Kristen Baldwin Entertainment Weekly	"[2nd Season Review]: Its pleasures remain as extensive (and baffling) in season 2, which expands the world with new parks, new faces, new mysteries, and new details"
		Matt Zoller Seitz Vulture	"[2nd Season Review]: The stakes of the 'game' that is Westworld (...) have been raised in a way that makes the entire thing more interesting"
		Christopher Hooton The Independent	"[2nd Season Review]: It's a welcome return (...) evoking the pleasure of watching someone play an exquisite video game"
		Huw Fullerton Radio Times	"[2nd Season Review]: By far the most intriguing thing about the second series is how it builds the world in and around Westworld (...) It’s fascinating stuff"
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"For those of us who just like story -- lots and lots of story! -- 'Westworld' will hit the spot as hard as 'GoT' ever did. Gosh, there's a lot going on."
		Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"At first glance, it is pure, slick sci-fi: thought-provoking on the subject of human nature and technology; also weird and gloomy, but certainly interesting."
		Catherine Gee Telegraph	"Like the on-screen robots, its pieces are meticulously put together, its capacity to unleash hell brimming beneath the surface. And it’s beautiful to watch. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Christopher Hooton The Independent	"An enthralling glimpse into an all too near future (...) What makes 'Westworld' particularly unsettling is how plausible it all seems."
		Maureen Ryan Variety	"'Westworld' looks terrific; its directors have shot its Western locations to stunning effect. But its (...) outdoor scenes and its surface slickness aren’t enough to mask the indecision, condescension, and hollowness at its core."
		Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"'Westworld' manages to make a compelling case that the vast world it's building and the moral and ethical dilemmas it explores were worth the extra attention."
		Tim Molloy The Wrap	"'Westworld' gives you a lot to consider, and immerses you so completely in its manufactured reality that you’re never distracted from its complicated questions (...) After seeing the first four episodes, I’m very eager for more."

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