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Under the Banner of Heaven (TV Miniseries)

Under the Banner of Heaven

2022

David Mackenzie, Isabel Sandoval ...

Andrew Garfield, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Chloe Pirrie, Rory Culkin ...

6.6

1,901

TV Series. Thriller. Drama Centers around two brothers who believe they have been chosen by God to murder an innocent woman and her infant daughter.

	Media	Author	Review
		Angie Han The Hollywood Reporter	"The series’ insistence on asking not just who did it but why, why and why again that turns it into something bigger — something more complex, more thoughtful and ultimately far more unsettling."
		Caroline Framke Variety	"A sensitive, intimate portrait of a reckoning. (...) [it] reframes the case with a deft and empathetic eye".
		Brian Tallerico The Playlist	"Luckily, a stellar ensemble holds the project together, but it’s also yet another one of those multi-episode series that takes what could have been a brilliant 120-minute movie and stretches it into a season"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"True-crime thrillers rarely hit as hard and with such redeeming spirit and soul as 'Under the Banner of Heaven' (...) The uses and abuses of faith permeate this hypnotic and haunting series"
		Lacy Baugher Paste Magazine	"One of the best things about 'Under the Banner of Heaven' is that it isn’t 'Big Love' (...) Instead, while it’s unflinching in its honesty about the dangers of fanaticism it also remembers to give those evils a balancing good"
		Meghan O'Keefe Decider	"It’s not as transcendent as its source material, but it is a gripping watch, full of fantastic performances and horrifying reveals. Andrew Garfield fans will be thrilled"
		Shania Russell SlashFilm	"How can such a well-made show get so much right and elude the necessary element of keeping its audience engaged? (...) [It] seems to drone endlessly and lose itself along the way"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"An involving and fascinating and sometimes shocking effort, with strong writing and outstanding performances from the entire cast (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Saloni Gajjar AV Club	"The cast and writing tackle weighty issues with aplomb, but FX On Hulu’s true-crime show is bogged down by sluggish pacing (...) UTBOH still stands out as one of the more sympathetic true-crime dramas in recent times"
		Emma Kiely Collider	"[It] doesn’t ask the audience what is right and wrong but presents how morals can ultimately become skewed in the eyes of people who put their religion before their humanity"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	Every entry is 10 minutes too long (...) With so many characters it can be hard to keep track (...) All these flaws may prove trivial if the series’ ideas grab you"
		Adrian Horton The Guardian	"An ambitious and uneven adaptation (...) As a series, Under the Banner of Heaven struggles to maintain focus, but it never loses faith in that fact (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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