Home > Escape at Dannemora > Miniseries « TV Series Page Escape at Dannemora: Miniseries (2018) Want to see Episode List Miniseries Escape at Dannemora Critics Consensus Escape at Dannemora's slow pace demands patience, but those willing to wait will be rewarded with a chilling mystery that provides the perfect showcase for its talented cast -- especially so for the incredible Patricia Arquette. 90% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 58 88% Audience Score User Ratings: 462 See score details Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you buy your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 Part 1 Air date: Nov 18, 2018 Series premiere. Two men escape from an upstate New York prison in June 2015, and Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell is questioned about her involvement with them. Months earlier, Tilly enjoys her job at the prison tailor shop, balancing the temptations of David Sweat, a younger inmate, and her obligations to her husband, Lyle. Richard Matt, an inmate with an artistic talent, supplies oil paintings to guards in exchange for special treatment. Ultimately, his attentions turn to Tilly. More 2 Part 2 Air date: Nov 25, 2018 Matt has an idea to get out of Dannemora, but Sweat is not interested in taking the risk. Matt begins to help Tilly with an inmate she doesn't get along with in the shop, while Sweat comes to miss the freedoms that come with Matt's protection More 3 Part 3 Air date: Dec 2, 2018 Tilly begins to feel guilty about her mounting indiscretions. More 4 Part 4 Air date: Dec 9, 2018 Excited by the possibility of a new life, Tilly tries her best to avoid Lyle, who is planning something special for their anniversary. Sweat makes progress on the escape route, but feels like he's doing all the work. Matt, however, likes the arrangement just fine. More 5 Part 5 Air date: Dec 16, 2018 On the day of the escape, Matt and Sweat know the smallest mistake can derail their whole plan. But when a stern corrections officer takes over the post in the tailor shop, and fellow inmate Murder gets out of the Special Housing Unit, Matt seems attracted to the danger. Meanwhile, Tilly and Lyle have a fateful dinner at an all-you-can-eat Chinese restaurant. More 6 Part 6 Air date: Dec 23, 2018 A deep dive into the minds of Matt and Sweat shows what they are capable of outside the prison walls, and Tilly's natural instincts aren't much better. More 7 Part 7 Air date: Dec 30, 2018 Series finale. Matt and Sweat run for their lives as the tension between them is pushed to the extreme, while Tilly gets out of the hospital and does her best to evade the authorities. But as the law closes in, all three are confronted with hard truths about who they really are. More Escape at Dannemora: Miniseries Photos View All Photos (19) Tv Season Info Genre: Drama Network: Showtime Premiere Date: Nov 18, 2018 Exec. Producers: Brett Johnson, Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin, Ben Stiller, Bryan Zuriff, Michael De Luca, Nicky Weinstock Cast Benicio Del Toro as Richard Matt Patricia Arquette as Tilly Mitchell Paul Dano as David Sweat Michael Beasley as Murder News & Interviews for Escape at Dannemora: Miniseries What I’m Watching: With Sam Trammell Rotten Tomatoes’ 2019 Emmys Predictions 2019 Directors Guild Awards Nominations Announced View All Escape at Dannemora: Miniseries News Episodes 1 Part 1 Air date: Nov 18, 2018 Series premiere. Two men escape from an upstate New York prison in June 2015, and Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell is questioned about her involvement with them. Months earlier, Tilly enjoys her job at the prison tailor shop, balancing the temptations of David Sweat, a younger inmate, and her obligations to her husband, Lyle. Richard Matt, an inmate with an artistic talent, supplies oil paintings to guards in exchange for special treatment. Ultimately, his attentions turn to Tilly. More 2 Part 2 Air date: Nov 25, 2018 Matt has an idea to get out of Dannemora, but Sweat is not interested in taking the risk. Matt begins to help Tilly with an inmate she doesn't get along with in the shop, while Sweat comes to miss the freedoms that come with Matt's protection More 3 Part 3 Air date: Dec 2, 2018 Tilly begins to feel guilty about her mounting indiscretions. More 4 Part 4 Air date: Dec 9, 2018 Excited by the possibility of a new life, Tilly tries her best to avoid Lyle, who is planning something special for their anniversary. Sweat makes progress on the escape route, but feels like he's doing all the work. Matt, however, likes the arrangement just fine. More 5 Part 5 Air date: Dec 16, 2018 On the day of the escape, Matt and Sweat know the smallest mistake can derail their whole plan. But when a stern corrections officer takes over the post in the tailor shop, and fellow inmate Murder gets out of the Special Housing Unit, Matt seems attracted to the danger. Meanwhile, Tilly and Lyle have a fateful dinner at an all-you-can-eat Chinese restaurant. More 6 Part 6 Air date: Dec 23, 2018 A deep dive into the minds of Matt and Sweat shows what they are capable of outside the prison walls, and Tilly's natural instincts aren't much better. More 7 Part 7 Air date: Dec 30, 2018 Series finale. Matt and Sweat run for their lives as the tension between them is pushed to the extreme, while Tilly gets out of the hospital and does her best to evade the authorities. But as the law closes in, all three are confronted with hard truths about who they really are. More Critic Reviews for Escape at Dannemora Miniseries All Critics (58) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (52) | Rotten (6) It's not quite enough to keep audiences more than mildly interested. Dec 3, 2018 | Full Review… Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic Top Critic Dannemora at times can seem like a life sentence for viewers, although its grit, realism and performances are major selling points throughout. Nov 19, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic In some ways, "Escape At Dannemora" is one of the year's best TV series... But there's a problem with this detailed rendering of a prison break. It takes way too long to tell the story. Nov 16, 2018 | Full Review… Eric Deggans NPR Top Critic Yes, "Dannemora" is hard and cold. The light is muted, the shadows deep, while seven hours of this could easily turn into prison time. But thanks to that cast and Stiller's masterful direction, they don't - not once, not remotely. Nov 14, 2018 | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic Stiller and Arquette make Escape at Dannemora an intense, exciting, and character-elevated miniseries. A focus on human error over institutional failings makes for a distinct and gripping experience. Nov 14, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic Escape at Dannemora, while well worth seeing for the performances, requires patience that it doesn't quite repay. Nov 14, 2018 | Full Review… Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Top Critic Escape at Dannemora is a marvellous prison drama that requires patience and commitment, and features magnificent performances from three of the best actors working today. May 5, 2020 | Full Review… Lorna Codrai Film Inquiry 'Escape at Dannemora' will remain in the memory as a remarkable story about bad companies, bad influences and one of the best recreated true stories of recent years. [Full Review in Spanish] Mar 3, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… Kiko Vega Espinof The slow burn of the planning phase is rolled out like a marathon, the ducks that need to be lined up are but a few, but getting them plumb is thrilling even as it tugs at the attention span. Feb 15, 2019 | Full Review… Paul Casserly New Zealand Herald The three leads are dispicable, but everything is carefully crafted to be able to empathize with their plight. [Full Review in Spanish Feb 11, 2019 | Full Review… Álvaro P. Ruiz de Elvira El Pais (Spain) Ben Stiller's 'Escape at Dannemora' whitewashes the reality of America's carceral system. Jan 6, 2019 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review… Sezín Koehler Black Girl Nerds Arquette's portrayal of a biddable woman with a low IQ and unfulfilled yearnings feels compellingly real. Jan 2, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Jasper Rees The Arts Desk View All Critic Reviews (58) Audience Reviews for Escape at Dannemora: Miniseries Mar 16, 2020 "Escape at Dannemora" is Ben Stiller unique gemstone as well as one of the best stories about two inmates who escape from a prison. By the way,Paul Dano and Benicio Del Toro are beyond great in this mini-series and both of them deserved an award for their performance. Lacatus A Feb 23, 2020 There are cinematic labors that the audience can find edifying in some way, shape or form. Then there are those pieces that although well-made, present the viewer with no one you like or want to like. This is one of those stories; a story of horrible people acting horribly and nothing more. You think you are starting to believe in one of the characters but they are all so beyond redemption that the story... ...really isn't worth telling. That is the fatal flaw of this seven-part series. Excellent acting, truly excellent acting and good linear direction, good directing. These few items are what saved the rest of the movie from getting zero stars in my opinion. Jonathan A Feb 11, 2020 Like watching paint dry in the rain. The "sex" scenes are a little disturbing. The music can get annoying as it is in the foreground, not the background. The speaking is a bit muffled and mumbled most of the time, especially when it is drowned out by the music. Arquette and Del Toro are amazing and watching them be their dynamic and somewhat disturbing characters are the only reason I continued to watch. Could have been a long movie instead of a drawn out series. Alice C Jan 18, 2020 I was so impressed by so many actors. Patricia of course, but also the man who played her husband. He was so good at playing dumb. Really well done. Angelica L Dec 12, 2019 Ken Jacowitz was in this miniseries, so as a person of moral conscience, I must give it a 1/2. David S Jul 20, 2019 Escape at Dannemora's turns a potentially intriguing premise led by talented actors into a torture divided in seven long parts - thanks to a deslusional decision to turn Ben Stiller into its director. Felipe F May 16, 2019 I admit, I was super into this show, Episodes 1-4. But I became completely confused, when they play this ridiculous music like all of a sudden I'm watching and episode of MacGyver...so weird..i liked it when it was moody, creepy and brooding and then...boom! Network television May 15, 2019 How did this bore get 89%? ridiculous! super slow boring as boring can be. Good actors in a total time waster of a sleeping pill. U W Mar 16, 2019 Interesting modern period drama with a less common view of prison and the dynamics of long-term inmates and prison guards/staff. The flashback episode and ending episode were weaker than the rest for me. Chuck C Mar 11, 2019 "Escape at Dannemora" is a top-notch miniseries that blew me away with its superb directing and terrific performances. This series is definitely one of Ben Stiller's better efforts behind the camera and he does a good job telling this fact-based story. I think where the series truly shines is in its outstanding lead performances from Patricia Arquette, Benicio Del Toro, and Paul Dano. All three of these actors do a great job transforming into their characters, particularly Arquette who is unrecognizable in her role which is reminiscent of Charlize Theron in "Monster." The most glaring flaw in the show is its pace. This is definitely more of a slow burn rather than a fast-paced thrill ride. There were times that I felt that the story might have been told better in the format of a longer film rather than a 7 part miniseries. Nonetheless, it's a series that is worth checking out because it really stays with you because of how unnerving and impactful it is. Yash B See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Coming attractions for you 2020's Most Anticipated Movies What and when to watch Video Game Movies Ranked 43 ranked worst to best Best Netflix Series and Shows What to watch right now More News & Features TOP HEADLINES All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and More – Rotten Tomatoes The Best Quibi Shows to Stream Now – Rotten Tomatoes The 68 Most Anticipated Movies of 2020 – Rotten Tomatoes Sundance 2020 Movie Scorecard – Rotten Tomatoes Everything We Know About The Lord of the Rings Amazon Series – Rotten Tomatoes 2019 Rotten Movies We Love – Rotten Tomatoes The 49 Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 – Rotten Tomatoes 100 Fresh Movies You Can Watch for Free Online Right Now – Rotten Tomatoes More Headlines View All Results Go back More trailers