Dear Edward
Season 1 Premiere:
Feb 2, 2023
Metascore
Generally Favorable
61
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Generally Favorable
7.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
61
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Feb 1, 2023
80
A rich, earnest new Apple TV+ drama. ... It aims to be an opus on loss, community, and recovery, and, unlike so many shows these days, it’s willing to be 100 percent sincere. Yes, the music swells for effect, and yes, the gloom is telegraphed at times. The show will definitely invite you to cry — but you just might be willing to accede.
Jan 30, 2023
75
Yes, a child shall lead them. Enter “Dear Edward” with caution if such tropes make you gag. But know that there’s plenty here to like, whether or not you’ve had the misfortune of knowing grief on an intimate basis.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
64% Positive
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Feb 21, 2023
10
Throughout his career Jason Katims has always been involved with themes related to human connection. Dear Edward is no exception. To me it’s always interesting when film critics go on about how a film is emotionally manipulative.
Anytime a film or TV series evokes feelings of empathy, compassion ., and heart for the human condition and champions the importance of human connection I’m all in. Dear Edward does not disappoint.Connie Britton in particular was excellent.
Feb 5, 2023
10
Powerfully good acting here, led by Colin O'Brien as the titular character. Schilling and Britton also shine in this brilliant ensemble with a story that is simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting.
Jan 25, 2023
75
Dear Edward is imperfect yet ultimately compelling — a quietly ambitious study of grief and connection. It’s refreshingly unflashy, focused on its characters and the emotional thread that links them together.
Feb 3, 2023
60
Finding drama and resilience in the seeds of tragedy, Dear Edward is a sensitively done series that never fully recovers from its challenging premise . . . Intended to be uplifting, the Apple TV+ show is too much of a bummer to wholly recommend boarding this flight.
Feb 9, 2023
50
The subplots are uneven: some compelling — Anna Uzele is especially good as a politician's idealistic granddaughter — some underdeveloped. [13 - 26 Feb 2023, p.6]
Feb 1, 2023
50
The first season of Dear Edward feels like 10 hours of 10 (or more) people crying at each other nonstop. There’s no room for anything to echo because the cacophony of misery is so loud and so pervasive. Dear Edward is made with enough craft and driven by enough solid performances that it doesn’t usually feel like straight-up misery porn.
Jan 30, 2023
40
Smart but unshapely literary adaptation, full of good intentions and interesting characters but bloated beyond recognition at 10 hours. ... The only performer who seems to be having much fun is Connie Britton, who devours scenery as Dee Dee.
Feb 4, 2023
10
Captivating after a single episode, although outlays the actual main characters in episode 2 as those whose life changes. The story resolves around quite a few characters, and can be very emotional to watch. I have not read the book this series is based off, but good to know the story is underpinned by a successful novel.
