Three Pines
Season 1 Premiere:
Oct 12, 2022
Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
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Generally Favorable
6.3
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Dec 2, 2022
80
A quality supporting cast and a light sense of humor also helps. Not every aspect of the show is light and airy, but it seems to know when it needs to be serious and when it needs to lighten things up. Because of this, Three Pines give viewers an interesting murder case to follow, quirky small-town folks with secrets, and a more serious case that tests its main character’s abilities.
Dec 2, 2022
80
Other than a few melodramatic dialogue hiccups, this is a collection of intelligent two-hour mysteries that fans of Agatha Christie or even Columbo should watch.
User score
Generally Favorable
56% Positive
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Jan 5, 2023
10
Loved the books, love the series. Praying there will be a season two. I loved the character development of the residents of Three Pine and a second season will have people falling in love with them.
Dec 25, 2022
9
I am a huge fan of the Inspector Gamache series of books by Louise Penny. It was great to see a few the books integrated into one season, along with the common thread story of the indigenous people of the area. I wasn't sure about the casting of Alfred Molina as Gamache, but I wrong, he did a great job playing the wonderful, loving, smart, complicated Inspector. I should have known better, he's good in everything he does. Looking forward to the second season!
Nov 29, 2022
80
It’s a slow start featuring an unlikeable victim whose disdain for everyone makes for an uncompelling case. Luckily, an overarching, season-long mystery saves the day. ... Essential [Indigenous] stories are woven into the broader series and mysteries of the week seamlessly, as the show also takes a deep dive into the French Canadian culture. ... This short-but-sweet adaptation offers a sweeping cinematic taste of cultures and stories that are deserving of the global platform Prime Video offers, all while doing justice to the best-selling novels on which they’re based.
Nov 29, 2022
75
It is in its more melancholic and macabre moments that Three Pines stumbles upon something more sinister that elevates it a bit beyond a standard mystery tale.
Dec 2, 2022
60
Three Pines isn’t the most original creation. You might experience a shiver of déjà vu at times. ... Yet its handsomely shot snowscapes, Christmassy setting and Molina’s beautifully measured performance make it a moreish winter treat.
Nov 29, 2022
25
Three Pines boasts the mysterious murders, puzzling clues, and various other requisite tropes of a compelling detective tale, flat dialogue and wooden acting mean that Gamache is unlikely to be joining Marple, Holmes, and Benoit Blanc in the pantheon of on-screen sleuths.
Dec 13, 2022
5
Four episodes in and it's really not good.
The episodes just don't seem well paced out. It's just plod, plod, plod, ok here's the killer.
Plus I don't need continuous preaching about how evil white people are, and how innocent and virtuous native Americans are. Watch Midsomer Murders instead.
Oct 7, 2023
4
Just not very good. I mean a bear literally helps stop a police pursuit in one scene. The acting is all over the place with a few bright spots standing out amongst amateurs. eg. Alfred Molina stealing the show while others like Elle Maija Tailfeathers really put on a highschool theatre level production. It's just too bad because the mystery at its core along with actual incidents in American history being covered up, make for an intriguing premise. Unfortunately this is lost in an on the fly plot and some casting direction that should've led to the removal of that director.
Aug 29, 2023
4
This series had a lot of potential: great location & photography, good cast, easy pace. All this is undone by contrived mystery populated by weak characters and even weaker dialogue. Yes, folks, it's the writing that sinks this show. I imagine the lines left a bad taste in the actors' mouths even as they were speaking them.
Dec 3, 2022
2
This is a poorly conceived, produced and directed mystery. There are no believable characters and the production values are of the Hallmark movie variety.
