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The Underground Railroad (TV Miniseries)

The Underground Railroad

2021

Barry Jenkins (Creator), Barry Jenkins

Thuso Mbedu, Joel Edgerton, Chase W. Dillon, Aaron Pierre ...

6.5

1,324

TV Series. Drama. Fantasy The story is told in the third person, focusing mainly on Cora. Scattered single chapters also focus on Cora's mother Mabel, the slavecatcher Ridgeway, a reluctant slave sympathizer named Ethel, and Cora's fellow slave Caesar.

	Media	Author	Review
		Caroline Framke Variety	"Every single frame of 'The Underground Railroad' is haunted (...) Barry Jenkins has molded something harrowing, emotional and almost too big to take in all at once"
		Caryn James BBC	"There have been a number of recent dramas depicting the experience of slavery. But this beautiful, searing adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel stands apart (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"A tough watch, but a rapturous watch, with occasionally questionable narrative choices generally outweighed by a spell that’s at once poetic and grounded."
		Robert Daniels Polygon	"I felt uplifted, unashamed to look this era of history in the eye. Without regret, I cheered. Cried. Hollered. I opened my arms like the tracks lighting the way to another land, a better land. That’s because of Jenkins’ care"
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"[Jenkins and his team] give the series a remarkable beauty and grace. That exquisite work doesn’t belie the fact that the story told here is unspeakably cruel"
		Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly	"An ambitious American odyssey, compelling even when it's flawed"
		Leslie Byron Pitt The Playlist	"'Underground Railroad' is Jenkins’ boldest project to date (...) And while the events occur in alternate 19th century, its message feels relevant to where we are now"
		Radhika Menon Paste Magazine	"'The Underground Railroad' is urgent even in its slower moments. There is a thudding heartbeat at the center, proving that despite the trauma at the core of the story, the series is about perseverance"
		Kambole Campbell Empire	"An epic that’s beautifully and sensitively composed in all aspects, 'The Underground Railroad' is a powerful, often difficult adaptation (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly	"An ambitious American odyssey, compelling even when it's flawed (...) Railroad's humane horror offers more sympathy than hope."
		Alex Maidy JoBlo	"'The Underground Railroad' is one of the most brutally honest depictions of slavery put to screen coupled with Barry Jenkins' eye that makes this horror story into a beautiful tale of survival and perseverance"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"An american masterpiece. Faithful to the spirit of Colson Whitehead's novel, Jenkins offers a spellbinding vision of America's past with searing ties to its present"

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