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Alias Grace

2017 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 60 min · ★ 7.2 · 90% critics

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Based on a true story, a housemaid and Irish immigrant is imprisoned in 1843 for the murder of her employer, despite claiming she can’t remember. A decade later, a doctor tries to help her recall her past and make sense of the case’s certainty.

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5 hours to watch · 6 episodes.

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Details
Years
2017
Release date
2017-09-25
Network
CBC Television
Language
English
Rated
TV-MA
Runtime
60 min
Max quality
UHD
Critic score
90/100
TMDB rating
7.2/10 (354 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you like period-based psychological mysteries and true-crime style ambiguity, like The Alienist or The Act; Not for you if you want a consistently fast pace or a more emotionally satisfying ending.

Pros: gripping period mystery; high production values; compelling performances | Cons: slow stretches; ending anticlimactic; heavy psychological focus

Themes

  • based on novel or book
  • immigrant
  • biography
  • miniseries
  • historical fiction
  • period drama
  • psychiatrist
  • historical
  • housemaid
  • 19th century
  • murderess
  • psychological
  • +4 more

Cast & crew

Directed by Mary Harron

Created by Sarah Polley

Episodes1 season · 6 episodes

Season 16 episodes
  • S1E1Part 146m
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  • S1E2Part 246m
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  • S1E3Part 346m
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  • S1E4Part 446m
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  • S1E5Part 546m
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  • S1E6Part 646m
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