The Rain: Season 1 - TV Reviews (2025)

The Rain offers a potent mixture of enticing mystery, propulsive action, and most importantly, fascinating characters that aren't easy to pin down.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | May 31, 2019

The emotional journeys of the young people eking out a tense post-apocalyptic existence pulled me in much more than I was expecting because every character is constructed with surprising nuance and balance.

Full Review | Dec 21, 2018

The Rain is some of the best survivalist drama to hit screens in years, even if it leans heavily on the familiar tropes, with exciting, unpredictable and genuinely likable characters that keep you glued to the screen.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 12, 2018

The narrative lacks internal cohesion and some of the plot twists, such as Frederik's motivations for his actions, strain credulity. Some characters, like the evil boss of Apollon, are not fleshed out enough to possess the requisite gravitas.

Full Review | Jul 5, 2018

The beginning of this story accumulates topics clumsily and has characters that do not earn the interest of the spectator. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Jun 29, 2018

It's not so much that The Rain breaks new ground for the postapocaptic-dystopia narrative. It's simply that it shows how much more ground there is to explore in that great big quarantine zone of a genre.

Full Review | Jun 20, 2018

"The Rain" offers a thrilling tale of youths using courage and science to survive.

Full Review | Jun 7, 2018

It's a damp squib, not a downpour.

Full Review | May 11, 2018

Thus far, it doesn't look like The Rain will bring anything new to the dystopian thriller category-but that shouldn't stop fans of the genre from immersing themselves into the fictional Scandinavian world it presents...

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 11, 2018

Much like The Walking Dead was in its prime, The Rain is at its strongest when it's focusing on group dynamics and how this disaster has affected each individual differently rather than shocks and thrills.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 10, 2018

The Rain is a solid entry into the dystopian realm, and it forces its young adult (and teen) characters to go without those precious years where one is allowed to screw up in life and receive second and third chances.

Full Review | May 8, 2018

From what we've seen so far, The Rain is so much more than 'The Walking Dead with teens' - it's a satisfyingly full-blooded and handsomely filmic series that justifies the hype.

Full Review | May 7, 2018

The overall story, which sometimes feels like a cross between Contagion and The Walking Dead, isn't particularly original... But this doesn't stop The Rain from being entertaining.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 7, 2018

The Rain tries hard and you can sense that there's so much potential there but it feels a bit of a misfire unfortunately for what could be a really compelling watch.

Full Review | May 7, 2018

The enigmatic Beatrice (Angela Bundalovic) is a standout, as we come to realize she's far more than a doe-eyed damsel in distress.

Full Review | May 7, 2018

It all sounds (and looks) rather promising but I can't work up the enthusiasm, and the other teen survivors are less than charming.

Full Review | May 7, 2018

Moments like these are both heartbreaking and thrilling, driving the plot forward in tandem while exposing the characters' deepest vulnerabilities.

Full Review | May 7, 2018

The Rain never gets to the point where you're pulling for the water droplets, but this is one barren wasteland that makes it difficult to care about anything other than surviving it.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | May 4, 2018

Its confident storytelling provides plenty of hope.

Full Review | May 4, 2018

But, some clumsy storytelling aside, and after an inauspicious start for the series' main characters, The Rain offers an entertaining enough spin on the standard apocalypse drama - YA and otherwise - to warrant a watch.

Full Review | May 4, 2018