Show is well made, but it's very slow. Will continue to watch but the pacing needs work. Acting is great.

The pacing is horrendous throughout. There's slow and then there's Dannemora. The problem is the first half isn't that interesting which makes it painful. But even during the interesting part of the escape, scenes tend to linger for 10 minutes longer than they need to. It feels like Ben Stiller was trying to meet a page requirement or something.

i really enjoy slow burn shows, so the pacing didnt bother me in any way. i was enthralled throughout.

Overlong, but the acting is immense Escape at Dannemora is a four or five-hour story stretched out unnecessarily over eight hours. Ostensibly a prison break genre piece, the series is more interested in the psychology of the people involved and the poor choices they made (and why they made them) than in going in either of the two usual routes for such stories; triumphant escape or social commentary. Excellently directed and beautifully shot, with a quartet of astounding performances at its centre, the show tells a fascinating story, but it moves at a glacial pace that requires serious patience, without ever really offering much in the way of rewards (although the last two episodes are undeniably exceptional). For my complete review, please visit: https://boxd.it/HvmCP

The story was much less interesting than it seems like it would be tbh! All the technical aspects were amazing though