SummaryNarrated by Meryl Streep, the three-part documentary based on Mark Harris's 2014 book about filmmakers experiences in and after World War II focuses on Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston, George Stevens and William Wyler with interviews from Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, Paul Greengrass and Lawrence Kasdan.
❮ Five Came Back
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Mar 31, 2017
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
81
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
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Season Episodes
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
81
92% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Mar 31, 2017
91
It’s a vital account of understanding the medium that affects us all, be it film, television, or whatever we watch in the future. Remember the past to prepare for the future. Lucky for us, Five Came Back makes the process enthralling.
Apr 3, 2017
90
Superb. ... The three episodes of Five Came Back run a little over three hours total, but the time goes by like a shot.
Mar 24, 2017
83
A fascinating, thorough history lesson that overcomes its early hiccups to tell a stirring tale well worth a binge.
Apr 3, 2017
80
The three-hour-plus documentary is thorough, thoughtful and authoritative, an experience that honors the multiple complexities of this situation and, best of all, helps us feel what these directors felt as they went forward into what was very much terra incognita.
Mar 30, 2017
80
Five Came Back aspires to the grandness of a ’40s Hollywood production, with its star lineup, Ms. Streep’s narration, the kind of period animation that adorned Capra’s epic “Why We Fight” and Thomas Newman’s heroic music--which is a bit, shall we say, insistent. But overall, the series is much like its story: mythic, adventurous, romantic. And real.
Mar 24, 2017
80
A somewhat choppy but unavoidably fascinating documentary about five major Hollywood directors. ... Each modern helmer was assigned one of the five veterans, a ploy that succeeds more often than not by virtue of the professional expertise and personal sympathy brought to bear on what their forerunners went through.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
68% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
21% Mixed
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Apr 6, 2017
10
I loved everything about that show, the narrator, the comments, the footage. You can feel are passionate those men were and how WW2 changes them. It's refreshing to see a new focus on WW2.
Mar 31, 2017
5
To be fair, I have only watched the 1st episode and therefore can not make a full review. My first thought about this show is how passionate everyone is about every aspect of film making. This is s documentary for movie buffs and historians. It goes into great detail about he lives of the directors who filmed during WW2. I found it interesting but boring. It's dry. I wouldn't watch it twice. Makes for a good educational piece though. Perfect for a classroom. I will finish the rest soon. No big hurry.
