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Show Me a Hero (TV Miniseries)

HBO Classics

Show Me a Hero

2015

David Simon (Creator), Paul Haggis

Oscar Isaac, Carla Quevedo, Catherine Keener, Ilfenesh Hadera ...

7.5

6,577

TV Series. Drama TV Miniseries (2015). 6 Episodes. This six-part miniseries explores notions of home, race and community through the lives of elected officials, bureaucrats, activists and ordinary citizens in Yonkers, NY. Nick Wasicsko, the young mayor of this mid-sized American city, is faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town. His attempt to do so tears ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"What becomes apparent when you settle down to watch is the unmistakable lure of being hooked by the storytelling and the first-class acting."
		Kevin Jagernauth IndieWire	"'Show Me A Hero' is an outstanding and deeply soulful miniseries drama delivered at the kind of top-tier level that only comes along every few years or so."
		Robert Rorke New York Post	""Isaac not only looks like Pacino but he sounds like the beloved actor at his 1970s peak in the classic films “Serpico” and “And Justice For All" (...) Isaac receives excellent support from a large cast. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"
		Melissa Maerz Entertainment Weekly	"[David Simon's] new six-part miniseries is another masterwork of storytelling that's both miniaturist and epic in scale."
		David Wiegand SFGATE	"Several Emmy-worthy performances (...) Isaac's performance is monumental (...) A extraordinary miniseries (...) with an enormously moving emotional payoff at the end."
		Brian Lowry Variety	"A sobering, spare and meticulously crafted HBO miniseries (...) There's an overarching theme to Simon's work, and if this doesn't represent the peak of his glory days, it's praise enough to say it certainly belongs in that neighborhood."
		Matt Roush TV Guide	"Engrossing six-hour docudrama (...) Nick's decline, grounded in a somber, unflashy realism by director Paul Haggis plays out within a parable of race and class schisms, wit serialized subplots humanizing the disadvantaged citizens from the projects."

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