Adapted from the novel by Celeste Ng, the limited series “Little Fires Everywhere” premieres on Hulu on March 18 and stars Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington as moms confronting issues of race and class. So what do critics think of this take on the bestselling source material?
As of this writing the series has a MetaCritic score of 70 based on 15 reviews counted thus far: nine of them are positive and six are somewhat mixed, but none are outright negative. On Rotten Tomatoes, which categorizes reviews merely as positive or negative and not on a sliding scale from 0 to 100 like MetaCritic uses, the series is rated 70% fresh based on 20 reviews, six of which are classified as negative. The Rt critics’ consensus says, “Though ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ at times plays it too safe, sparks fly when it lets well-matched leads Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon dig into the difficult questions it does dare to ask.
As of this writing the series has a MetaCritic score of 70 based on 15 reviews counted thus far: nine of them are positive and six are somewhat mixed, but none are outright negative. On Rotten Tomatoes, which categorizes reviews merely as positive or negative and not on a sliding scale from 0 to 100 like MetaCritic uses, the series is rated 70% fresh based on 20 reviews, six of which are classified as negative. The Rt critics’ consensus says, “Though ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ at times plays it too safe, sparks fly when it lets well-matched leads Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon dig into the difficult questions it does dare to ask.
- 3/18/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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