--- title: "One Hundred Years of Solitude: the reviews" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/one-hundred-years-of-solitude/reviews" title_page: "https://film.one/tv/one-hundred-years-of-solitude" critics_score: 83 critics_reviews: 8 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # One Hundred Years of Solitude (2024): what the critics said Critics' score 83 from 8 reviews: 8 positive, 0 mixed, 0 negative. The reviews are uniformly positive: all eight critics recommend the series, and most call it a faithful, carefully made adaptation. The praise gathers around the physical world of Macondo, which several reviewers single out for its detail and for the way the town changes across the years, and around the photography, with the long tracking shots and the rain of yellow flowers mentioned more than once. The Colombian cast is generally admired, and Paste reserves particular praise for Marledy Soto as the elder Úrsula. The reservations are minor and mostly about tempo. Several critics find the pacing slow and some sequences allowed to linger; Empire suggests the fidelity is at times excessive. The Hollywood Reporter, the coolest of the eight, thinks the series weakens whenever it turns literal or conventionally dramatic, and The Guardian is troubled by how the source novel’s sexual politics are handled. The spread runs from warm to ecstatic, with nobody below approval. ## Empire — David Opie Fi1m's normalised score 90/100 (inferred from the text). 20 December 2024. Opie finds the adaptation remarkably successful, capturing the novel’s magical realism with awe-inspiring effect. He praises the naturalistic cast and lavish, evolving production, while noting occasional pacing issues and excessive fidelity. [Read the review](https://www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/one-hundred-years-of-solitude/) ## Evening Standard — William Mata Rating 4/5. 11 December 2024. The critic calls the adaptation a magnificent achievement and praises its cohesive, epic storytelling. The performances and painstaking recreation of Macondo help bring García Márquez’s novel to the screen with scale and authenticity. [Read the review](https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/one-hundred-years-solitude-netflix-gabriel-garcia-marquez-b1199198.html) ## Variety — Aramide Tinubu Fi1m's normalised score 78/100 (inferred from the text). 11 December 2024. Tinubu finds the adaptation faithful, eloquent, and visually stunning, though its pacing can feel too slow and some sequences unnecessarily linger. She particularly praises the intricate imagery and production design that bring Macondo and its magical realism to life. [Read the review](https://variety.com/2024/tv/reviews/one-hundred-years-of-solitude-review-netflix-1236233757/) ## The Guardian — Jack Seale Fi1m's normalised score 75/100 (inferred from the text). 11 December 2024. Seale finds the adaptation a big, gorgeous success, though its handling of the source novel’s sexual politics is troubling. He especially praises the care and startling beauty of the scenes depicting the rain of yellow flowers and the trail of blood across Macondo. [Read the review](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/11/one-hundred-years-of-solitude-review-gabriel-garcia-marquez-netflix) ## The Hollywood Reporter — Daniel Fienberg Fi1m's normalised score 70/100 (inferred from the text). 10 December 2024. The critic finds the adaptation honorable, beautiful, and ambitious, though uneven and less effective when it becomes literal or conventionally dramatic. He praises the directors’ visual imagination, especially the striking long tracking shots that make time and space feel fluid. [Read the review](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/one-hundred-years-of-solitude-review-netflix-gabriel-garcia-marquez-1236081912/) ## Collider — Carly Lane Rating 10/10. 10 December 2024. Lane calls the adaptation an ambitious filmmaking triumph that brings the novel to life with care and authenticity. She especially praises its striking cinematography and the detailed, changing depiction of Macondo. [Read the review](https://collider.com/one-hundred-years-of-solitude-netflix-review/) ## Paste — Lacy Baugher Milas Rating 9.3/10. 11 December 2024. The critic calls the adaptation surprisingly faithful and says it captures the novel’s untameable spirit. She especially praises Marledy Soto’s performance as elder Úrsula and the series’ striking visuals. [Read the review](https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/netflix/one-hundred-years-of-solitude-review) ## Den of Geek — Alec Bojalad Fi1m's normalised score 90/100 (inferred from the text). 12 December 2024. The critic calls the series a brilliant, technically accomplished adaptation and argues streaming gives the novel room to work onscreen. They praise its faithful treatment of Márquez’s vision, made in Colombia with Colombian actors and in Spanish. [Read the review](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/netflix-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-promise-of-streaming/) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/tv/one-hundred-years-of-solitude.md