@SCREEN_SHADE2026-01-02 23:00 UTC
The script for The Handmaid's Tale feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.
2017 · Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Handmaid's Tale
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
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RELEASE DATE
2017
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GENRE
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
PLOT SUMMARY
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
STARRING CAST
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@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2026-01-01 13:00 UTC
If The Handmaid's Tale was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
@TRAILER_TROLL2026-01-15 14:00 UTC
Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, The Handmaid's Tale.
@AISLE_GHOUL2026-01-07 09:00 UTC
Counted four explosions before the studio logo finished. The Handmaid's Tale knows its audience.
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r/criticalkino · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 1.7k points
Hot Take: The Handmaid's Tale's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Rewatched The Handmaid's Tale last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/criticalkino · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 0.9k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Handmaid's Tale?
Look, I wanted to love The Handmaid's Tale. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/flicks · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 2.3k points
The cinematography in The Handmaid's Tale is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Honestly, The Handmaid's Tale would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/criticalkino · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 0.6k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in The Handmaid's Tale?
Director clearly thought The Handmaid's Tale was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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