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Critic Consensus: Biting social commentary and Sarah Gadon's hypnotic performance make Alias Grace a worthy addition to the Margaret Atwood adaptation catalog.
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as Grace Marks
as Nancy Montgomery
as James McDermott
as Thomas Kinnear
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Alias Grace is a solid, well-made piece of television that doesn't hide its intelligence under a bonnet, as costume dramas can do. Nor does it attempt to keep your attention with soap opera style cliff-hangers.
Through Sarah Polley's rhythmic writing and Mary Harron's moody visuals, Margaret Atwood's beautiful prose has been translated to moving poetry in this engrossing series.
Alias Grace is a remarkable story.
... Alias Grace is discomfiting, compelling, deeply insightful television.
[Sarah] Gadon's performance is remarkable and the direction of Mary Harron ("I Shot Andy Warhol") improves it further still: In tight focus, her eyes betray nothing, or rather betray no one.
...an electric six episodes driven by the pursuit of truth and a hell of a main character...
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