Should you watch Station Eleven?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Station Eleven
Series · 2021
The survivors of a devastating flu attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew – while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.
The sides of Station Eleven
- A flu that ends the world
- A troupe playing Shakespeare after the collapse
- A comic book about a space station
Station Eleven is good for you if…
- you like being moved by what people keep from the world they lost.
- you like a story that takes its time across two timelines.
- you like following Kirsten from childhood to adulthood after the end.
Station Eleven is bad for you if…
- you can't take a pandemic and mass death on screen.
- you want survival with fights and chases, not theatre and memory.
About: art · grief · hope
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