Tencent Video The Long Season
Created by Xin Shuang · 2023 ·
The Long Season (2023) earns a 88% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended overall. Created by Xin Shuang; streaming on Netflix.
Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, IMDb, fan). See how we calculate scores.
Averaged from 5 sources
Is The Long Season worth watching?
Yes — The Long Season earns a 88% Celluloid Score. Recommended, created by Xin Shuang and streaming on Netflix.
Critics Consensus
Fan Wei and Qin Hao anchor one of the most acclaimed Chinese crime dramas of the streaming era — patient, melancholic, and structurally daring in ways that earned Magnolia recognition alongside flashier hits.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
What is The Long Season about?
A retired train driver in a declining industrial city becomes obsessed with a cold case after a dismembered body appears near the tracks — a nonlinear crime puzzle that weaves three timelines across decades of economic collapse, betrayal, and the quiet violence of forgotten men.
Critic Reviews
The Long Season Review: Fan Wei's Magnolia-Nominated Crime Puzzle
★★★★½
Fan Wei and Qin Hao anchor one of the most acclaimed Chinese crime dramas of the streaming era — patient, melancholic, a…
Essential [China](/country/china/) television on [Best of Asia 2016–2026](/best/asia-2016-2026/) — Fan Wei and Qin Hao anchor one of the most acclaimed Chinese crime dramas of the
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