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The Handmaid's
Tale: Season 3
METASCORE 
Generally favorable reviews
based on 7 Critics
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RELEASE DATE: April 26, 2017

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Hulu | Season Premiere Date: June 5, 2019
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Metascore User Score Barry: Season 2

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87
POSITIVE: 6 User reviews are not available for this
68 MIXED: 1
Season until June 5, 2019. 87 Killing Eve: Season 2

NEGATIVE: 0
86 Surviving R. Kelly

Critic Reviews 86 You're the Worst: Season 5

85 What's My Name: Muhammad Ali

IndieWire - Ben Travers
75 May 29, 2019
85 Leaving Neverland
Moss’ stalwart turn is more than enough to
keep viewers’ rooted in June’s struggle. The 85 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 2
set design, costumes, lighting, and more
formal elements also burst with life, guiding 85 Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
the eye wherever it needs to be and
providing a more active experience than the SEE ALL »
scripts would by themselves. Even with all
these valuable attributes, “The Handmaid’s
Tale” bites off more than it wants to chew. More From The Handmaid's
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Newsday - Verne Gay

75 May 31, 2019

If not much sunnier, not as relentlessly grim

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as the second, while June is slowly,
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we know she must become. So far, so good.
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USA Today - Kelly Lawler
75 May 29, 2019

The new season is more propulsive and

watchable, although it doesn't quite reach
the heights of that first moving season. But
"Handmaid's" regains its footing by setting
off on a new path. Read full review

Slant Magazine - Sal

75 Cinquemani
May 29, 2019
While the writers have successfully created
an atmosphere of dread and uncertainty that
echoes that of the show’s characters, the
withholding of catharsis can be TV wearying.
Like society itself, the series resists 68 METASCORE
progress at its own peril. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Kristen

75 Baldwin
May 29, 2019
Season 3 hits a series of familiar notes. ...
When season 3 does venture into unfamiliar
areas, it retreats quickly. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - Dan

70 Fienberg

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May 29, 2019
The six new episodes are littered with
elements to admire and respect when you
aren't bogged down in feeling like a show
that once appeared to have a lot to say is no
longer participating in the conversation on
the same level. Read full review

The A.V. Club - Gwen Ihnat

42 May 29, 2019

Maybe the second half of the season will

turn things around. Unfortunately, six hours
is a long time to slog through a story that
just seems to get more and more
depressing. June glaring into the camera
with apparent promises of revolt, backed by
a revolutionary-themed rock song (which
happens more than once), doesn’t count as
actual plot progression. Read full review

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