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- HULU
- Mar 28, 2024
- HULU
- Mar 28, 2024
Summary A Jewish family's journey to be reunited after World War II separates them from each other is at the center of the adaptation of Georgia Hunter's novel that itself was inspired by the real history of her own relatives.
- HULU
- Mar 28, 2024
- HULU
- Mar 28, 2024
We Were the Lucky Ones
Season 1
Season Premiere: Mar 28, 2024
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Summary A Jewish family's journey to be reunited after World War II separates them from each other is at the center of the adaptation of Georgia Hunter's novel that itself was inspired by the real history of her own relatives.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
78
86% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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So yes, the miniseries is challenging, and steeped in heartbreak, and unrelenting. But it joins a growing inventory of important, eye-opening, memorable, and timely TV takes on the Holocaust and World War II. Ultimately it is as rewarding as it is harrowing.
It occasionally struggles to find a balance between its many competing storylines. But it is also a series whose whole is so much greater than the sum of its parts, tackling themes of family, loyalty, love, trauma, and tragedy in ways that will feel almost painfully prescient when compared to our current global moment.
As much as “We Were the Lucky Ones” tells an extraordinary story of endurance and triumph, the show never loses sight of suffering, and of what kind of person someone has to be to let that happen.
“We Were the Lucky Ones” is relentless in its accurate portrayal of the anguish and terror imposed daily. However, the most moving aspect of the series is that it details circumstances not often seen in films and TV shows about the Holocaust.
While the first episode of We Were The Lucky Ones is a bit confusing and the show has too many characters to keep track of, King’s and Lerman’s performances anchor the series and make it worth watching, even if the rest of the characters won’t get as well-explored.
It wants to celebrate the triumph of the spirit, the survival of its central family, while also mourning those whose lives were lost. It’s a tricky tonal balance to strike and for the most part the series succeeds, making its title capture the vexing uplifting message it purports to illuminate.
Despite its many virtues, Lucky Ones falls into the same traps as too many other Holocaust dramas. The script can be quite lazy, filled with whole sentences we’ve heard before.
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