Overview
- Released this week, the series quickly hit #1 on Netflix’s Top 10 and posted an early 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes within two days.
- Executive-produced by Steven Spielberg through Amblin with Silverback Films, the production relies on Industrial Light & Magic for its lifelike visuals.
- Morgan Freeman narrates a compact four-episode arc that spans dinosaur evolution from the Triassic rise to the Cretaceous extinction over roughly 165–170 million years.
- Critics highlight spectacular, realistic CGI and a cinematic presentation that positions the show as a documentary-style counterpoint to Jurassic Park–era fiction.
- Reviews note trade-offs such as the absence of on-screen experts, a large and dramatic tone, and moments where the narration and pacing feel slow.