The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Season 1 Premiere:
Sep 1, 2022
Metascore
Generally Favorable
70
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
70
69% Positive
45 Reviews
45 Reviews
29% Mixed
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Aug 28, 2024
100
Lavishly made, endlessly beautiful to watch and substantive enough to make you care, this is fantasy at its absolute highest level. It builds on the promise of that Season 1 finale to deliver truly epic adventure.
Aug 31, 2022
83
Whatever’s happening with The Rings of Power, it somehow manages to put a fresh coat of paint on what came before — plus its own delicate flourishes, which might evolve into something truly fascinating.
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.0
25% Positive
1785 Ratings
1785 Ratings
6% Mixed
402 Ratings
402 Ratings
70% Negative
5075 Ratings
5075 Ratings
Apr 12, 2026
10
Die Serie ist komplett overhated. Sie ist natürlich keine zehn von zehn, aber auch keine drei von zehn, wie sie hier von den Zuschauern bewertet wurde. Ich gebe nur eine 10 von 10 Uhr, damit die Bewertung vielleicht ein bisschen nach oben geht, man darf natürlich nicht mit der Erwartung rangehen hier einen neuen Herr der Ringe Film zu bekommen. Aber es spielt im selben Universum und das macht schon sehr viel spaß zu gucken. Auch wenn es hin und wieder langweilige folgen gibt, hat man gute Action und besonders das Finale von Staffel 2 war sehr gut!
Jan 1, 2026
10
Visually fantastic, it's an overwhelming Tolkien-Feeling from the first moment. Very consistent music, too. An overall great show with a lot of sensitivity for Tolkiens work. The focus is on storytellling and narratively expanding the fantasy world of middle-earth.
Exspecially great: the ever mixing and untangling lines of the many charming characters, some from the books, some additional. Can't wait to unfold in the coming seasons.
Aug 31, 2022
80
For now, however, it’s safe to say that Amazon throwing the weight of its coffers at this property has resulted in a perfectly winning adaptation that unfolds swashbuckling adventures with clear reverence and affection for the considerable mythos behind it.
Aug 28, 2024
73
Sometimes frustrating but just as often rewarding, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power hasn't reinvented itself in its second season, opting instead to turn up the intensity on everything it was already doing, including the many echoes of more famous Tolkien stories and moments that can feel a bit too much like fan service. .... But when it clicks, it feels like a worthy addition to the filmed Tolkien canon.
Aug 31, 2022
63
Great-looking but indistinctive in the early episodes (this review is based only on the first two).
Aug 31, 2022
55
Amazon's formidable loot -- enough of an investment to become an inextricable part of the coverage -- has been brought to bear in the service of relatively uninspired storytelling, deficient in narrative urgency.
Aug 28, 2024
37
Unfortunately, all that promise [in season one] has been utterly wasted on the confusing, directionless and emotionally bankrupt second season of "Rings of Power."
Dec 15, 2025
10
Even better than the LOTR movies themselves. this is as good as gMe of thrones
Mar 12, 2025
6
Conflicted. So much potential but the multiple storyline is often damaging. That being said, incredible performances, particularly Charlie Vickers. His performance as Sauron reaches 10/10.
Feb 15, 2026
3
ya tellement de truc à dire que je vais même pas faire l'effort de réfléchir à ça
Oct 8, 2024
3
While there was great potential and resources as a literary text, a very large budget and opportunities, and the set and shooting team were quite good, the project could only be carried out with such a poor script, which jeopardizes the whole project and dissappoints Middle Earth fans world wide.
Production Company:
- Amazon MGM Studios
- Amazon Studios
- Cause and FX
- Harper Collins Publishers
- New Line Cinema
- Reunion Pacific Entertainment
- Tolkien Enterprises
- Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date:Sep 1, 2022
Number of seasons:4 Seasons
Rating:TV-14
Awards
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 12 Nominations
Visual Effects Society Awards
• 3 Wins & 10 Nominations
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
• 4 Wins & 9 Nominations
