Ruffalo is a major Emmy contender for Best Movie/Limited Actor, where he was also nominated six years ago for his role in “The Normal Heart,” which also aired on HBO. SEE Mark Ruffalo will have you seeing double in HBO’s ‘I Know This Much is True’ It’s still “arresting” even if it’s not uplifting, though. Ruffalo’s performance in dual roles is being described as “astonishing,” and the supporting players including Rosie O’Donnell, Kathryn Hahn, Melissa Leo, Archie Panjabi and Rob Huebel are also “extraordinary,” “riveting,” “stellar” and “impeccable.” But the “feeling of gloom” is challenging at a time when the national mood is already pretty dour due to the coronavirus pandemic. There is no shortage of adulation for the cast. The RT critics’ consensus summarizes the reviews by saying, “Despite strong performances from Mark Ruffalo, ‘I Know This Much is True’ is relentlessly grim, making it a difficult watch.” Over on Rotten Tomatoes, which classifies reviews simply as positive or negative, the series has a 74% freshness rating based on 42 reviews, 11 of which are rotten. As of this writing the series has a MetaCritic score of 65 based on 23 reviews counted so far: 11 positive, 11 somewhat mixed, and only 1 outright negative.
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