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The Outsider (TV Miniseries)

HBO Max

The Outsider

2020

Richard Price (Creator), Jason Bateman ...

Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo, Jason Bateman, Bill Camp ...

6.4

8,869

TV Series. Thriller. Mystery TV Miniseries. 10 Episodes. Follows police detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn), as he sets out to investigate the mutilated body of 11-year-old Frankie Peterson found in the Georgia woods. The mysterious circumstances surrounding this horrifying crime leads Ralph, still grieving the recent death of his own son, to bring in unorthodox private investigator Holly Gibney (Cynthia Erivo), whose uncanny abilities he hopes will help explain the unexplainable. [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Strong lead performances cover for a thin mystery and limited scares (...) An interesting, but not completely satisfying experiment"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"There’s a little bit of 'True Detective' in the tone and the police investigative procedural scenes and a little bit of M. Night Shyamalan (...) A great-looking show with brilliant work in particular from Mendelsohn and Erivo"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"Richard Price and an excellent cast turn a very bad Stephen King book into a pretty good HBO series."
		Chuck Bowen Slant	"Price makes bold moves, preserving King’s ingenious plot while entirely altering the novel’s tone (...) It’s undeniably gripping (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Judy Berman Time	"Like so many of King’s mammoth tomes, 'The Outsider' could easily have been distilled into a movie. Instead, we get a 10-episode slog through crime-drama cliché so oppressive, it threatens to overshadow Erivo’s brilliance."
		Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"There have been many Stephen King adaptations lately, on screens big and small. 'The Outsider' is one of the best because it understands what makes the things that spring from King’s imagination so horrifying."
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"A show so dark — literally — it’s tough to follow (...) [There are] many moments where the visibility is all but nonexistent (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"Another major, bold series from HBO (...) hough the show gets weirder and weirder in its weekly installments, it never shakes the feeling that it’s headed toward a copout explanation"
		Jack Hamilton Slate	"'The Outsider' offers terrific performances, beguiling yet careful storytelling, and no shortage of genuinely terrifying moments."
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"King’s magic is missing from this glacially slow murder mystery (...) The details pile up, but intrigue fails to mount (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Michael Hogan Telegraph	"It remains to be seen whether 'The Outsider' can pull off its pivot into the paranormal and deliver a satisfying pay-off. However, this opening bill certainly haunted the imagination (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ron Hogan Den of Geek	"A twisty, captivating mystery and looks to be a superb Stephen King adaptation (...) Part of what makes 'The Outsider' work so well is the brilliant script from Richard Price."
		David Opie Digital Spy	"The first must-see new show of 2020 (...) It's also one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever made"

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