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Critic Season 1 Noel Murray
rated 8

...compulsively watchable, and in spending over an hour in each key era of Adams' adult life,Hooper encourages viewers to note the changing fashions,... and the subtlety of the performances by Giamatti and Laura Linney...

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Critic Season 1 William Thomas
rated 8

...all the sumptuous grot of history come alive like an unkempt 'Barry Lyndon'.

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Cast & Crew

Tom Hooper
Director
Tom Wilkinson
As Benjamin Franklin
Tom Hollander
As King George III
Sarah Polley
As Abigail Adams Smith
Paul Giamatti
As John Adams
Stephen Dillane
As Thomas Jefferson
Zeljko Ivanek
As John Dickinson

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John Adams is a sprawling seven-part miniseries event that depicts the extraordinary life of one of America's least understood and most underestimated Founding Fathers, John Adams. Starring Paul Giamatti as Adams and Laura Linney as his wife Abigail, the miniseries chronicles the man who played a pivotal role in fostering the American Revolution and laying the building blocks of a republic. With its focus on historical accuracy and rich character development, John Adams offers a unique and compelling look into the life of this remarkable historical figure.

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