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True Detective (TV Miniseries)

HBO Classics

True Detective

2014

Nic Pizzolatto (Creator), Cary Joji Fukunaga

Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts ...

8.5

67,311

TV Series. Mystery. Thriller. Drama TV Series (2014). 8 Episodes. Two detectives, Rust Cohle and Martin Hart, lives become entangled during a 17-year hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana... True Detective is a new series on HBO that follows the lives of detectives on various cases. Each season is said to star two new detectives and the viewers follow these characters throughout the solving of a crime. The first season will star McConaughey and Harrelson in the eight-part drama series. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jeff Jensen Entertainment Weekly	"[It] is many things at once—an immersive character study, a gripping head-trippy murder mystery, a psychological profile of the anti-hero zeitgeist, a tour de force for Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey"	POS
United States	Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"The acting (...) is off the charts. The writing and the concept (...) undulates from effectively brash soliloquies to penetratingly nuanced moments carried by sparse prose."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"Rich and absorbing, this eight-part drama quickly vaults into elite company, offering a singular voice that’s unlike almost anything else on TV."	POS
United States	Robert Bianco USA Today	"If you think of it less as a mystery and more as a two-person character study (...) trust me, that patience will be rewarded. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"It fixates on the familiar, sullen murkiness similar to recent procedurals ('The Killing' and 'Broadchurch', for example) and adds several more layers of its own artistic yet unfulfilling murk."	NEU
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"If there’s a compelling reason to watch 'True Detective', [McConaughey and Woody Harrelson] provide it (...) Things start to go off track as early as the second episode"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Renshaw The Guardian	"Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are spellbinding in this brilliant, brooding tale"	POS
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz Vulture	"Truly unsettling (...) Every cut, music cue, and bit of dialogue-as-voice-over contributes to the sense that the show has a grand design"	POS
United States	Todd VanDerWerff AV Club	"'True Detective' has so many aces in the hole that even when it tests the viewer, it comes out on the winning side"	POS
United Kingdom	Chris Harvey Telegraph	"A work of depth and cinematic flair (...) 'True Detective' is the most ambitious TV drama for a long time (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Tim Molloy The Wrap	"Pay close attention, and remember everyone’s name. It will pay off."	POS
Canada	Kevin Yeoman Screen Rant	"A decadent excursion into darkness, 'True Detective' is one gorgeous piece of television"	POS

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