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Summary Ken Burns' six-part documentary about the American Revolution narrated by Peter Coyote features archival materials, including personal accounts read by such actors as Adam Arkin, Kenneth Branagh, Hope Davis, Morgan Freeman, Paul Giamatti, Domhnall Gleeson, Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, Damian Lewis, Laura Linney, Tobias Menzies, Edward N...
The American Revolution
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 16, 2025
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Summary Ken Burns' six-part documentary about the American Revolution narrated by Peter Coyote features archival materials, including personal accounts read by such actors as Adam Arkin, Kenneth Branagh, Hope Davis, Morgan Freeman, Paul Giamatti, Domhnall Gleeson, Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, Damian Lewis, Laura Linney, Tobias Menzies, Edward N...
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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93% Positive
14 Reviews
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7% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
80
93% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Nov 17, 2025
The American Revolution achieves that goal brilliantly, sidestepping romanticism of the period (see Outlander) and stripping away myth with a grounding in granular reality. While never losing focus on heroes like George Washington, whose triumphs and mistakes are scrutinized by a diverse faculty of scholars, the series brings history to life through the accounts of lesser-known participants.
Nov 12, 2025
The filmmakers create a masterful narrative of the war’s tactical beats interwoven with the human touch and the necessary myth-busting about the cornerstones of our history.
By Hunter Ingram FULL REVIEW
Nov 19, 2025
As with many of Burns’ works, like “The Civil War,” “The American Buffalo” and even “Jazz,” “The American Revolution” is as intricate as it is dense.
Nov 14, 2025
The series makes its case the way Burns’s whole body of work has: by trying to tell a full story and trusting, maybe with quaint optimism, that all kinds of Americans will want to hear it. The series might well draw controversy pointing out the founders’ contradictions. But “The American Revolution” is also deeply patriotic. It gushes with love for America’s natural beauty, for its democracy and for its professed, if not always realized, ideals.
Nov 14, 2025
Contemporary battlefield sketches, grand post-war history paintings, elegant portraits of the major military and political figures, along with watercolor illustrations and unobtrusive live-action recreations bring the tale to life. As in other Burns projects, the narrative is knit together out of many individual stories, but it’s Washington, the commander of the army, who stands out here.
Nov 17, 2025
The American Revolution is yet another example of how Ken Burns and his collaborators take what we already know about a historic event and, through meticulous research and extensive interviews with historians, goes really deep into the topic in an entertaining way.
Nov 13, 2025
Their sanctimonious approach to history becomes very tiresome very quickly. This is unfortunate, and not just because it affects the viewing experience, which is as numbing as a winter at Fort Ticonderoga. .... The Burns-Botstein-Schmidt review is certainly enlightening, at least about who did what and where and why—the military strategies can be fascinating, though. .... When the most energized aspect of a documentary series is the talking heads, it says something.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 User Ratings
3.9
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6% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 User Ratings
3.9
38% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
6% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
56% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
Nov 20, 2025
Total historical revisionism mixed with no fewer than 5 flat out lies or heavily anti-American points of view. Constant half truths and an inability to portray the founding fathers of America in a good or truthful light. Totally disappointing after watching the civil war documentary.
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Production Company:
- Florentine Films
Initial Release Date: Nov 16, 2025
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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Awards
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
