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The Returned

The Returned (Les Revenants)

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The lives of the residents of a small French town are changed to their core when hundreds of previously dead relatives all return home on the same day. Despite having passed away several years earlier, their loved ones haven't aged and are unaware of their own fatality. As longtime secrets are uncovered, they realize they are not the only ones to have been brought back from the dead.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Gail Pennington

The Returned, in French with subtitles, is beautiful, riveting and above all thought-provoking.

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Slate by Willa Paskin

The Returned is very good. Let it have your brains.

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Philadelphia Inquirer by Tirdad Derakhshani

It's a deeply moving, unforgettable experience.

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Los Angeles Times by Robert Lloyd

To my mind, it's the best series of the fall, and with the tonally similar "Top of the Lake," possibly of the year.

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Entertainment Weekly by Melissa Maerz

By the end, it's unclear which of these people are alive or dead, literally or spiritually. But The Returned still qualifies as a new zombie classic--a haunting tribute to the lost loves who feed on your brain forever.

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The A.V. Club by Emily VanDerWerff

The mood develops exquisitely from the first frame.

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RedEye by Curt Wagner

The Returned is far and away the most thoughtful and thought-provoking series I've watched this year.

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San Francisco Chronicle by David Wiegand

There is more than enough to captivate us, and perhaps disturb us as well, in these eight stunningly provocative episodes.

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The Hollywood Reporter by Tim Goodman

Defying expectations while rewiring what a “zombie” series can be, The Returned is one of the most intriguing, utterly original offerings of the year.

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People Weekly by Tom Gliatto

[A] mesmerizingly eerie French series set in a mountain community. [4 Nov 2013]