Eight Things That Make The Handmaid's Tale Worth Watching

The Handmaid's Tale's critic reviews and popularity might get you caught up in peer pressure to watch the show. However, the show's popularity is due to a reason that you will know only when you watch it.

Set in a dystopian world where females are treated as childbearing slaves and are disregarded basic human rights, The Handmaid's Tale has intrigued everyone with its portrayal of a brutal and horrifying culture and society. The series explains the horrors of patriarchy that, if needed, can even turn the half population into a mere slave whose entire existence depends on whether it can procreate or not. If you haven't yet watched the series, here are 10 things that will definitely excite you about it.

10 Things That Make The Handmaid's Tale Worth Watching

1. The plot of the series is an ace as it depicts the horrors, agony, pain and torture that is experienced by the handmaid's or the child bearing slaves.
2. The series is full of drama, twists, turns and emotions that will definitely reach you and give you goosebumps. The amazing acting and cinematography will make you feel each and every emotion.
3. The world popular series based on the iconic novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood is set in an hypothetical world. However, it leaves enough space for reality for you to wonder whether patriarchy can stoop to such a low level if things take a different turn.
4. The series has an amazing cast whose acting skills will leave you awestruck. The acting of Elisabeth Moss (Golden Globe and Emmy Awardee), Alexis Bledel (Emmy Awardee), Joseph Fiennes, Samira Wiley and Yvonne Strahovski brings life to every scene.
5. Each and every scene of the film will intrigue you and force you to think of the society that you live in, its norms, its ideas and thoughts. How its repressions and mindsets can drag us to a situation that is defiling and degrading for a certain section of people.
6. Despite of the dark themes and torturous scenes, the movie leaves space for some steamy romance and love that will calm your nerves for a bit there before engaging you again on a thought provoking journey.
7. The series received a good critic review with an IMDb rating of 8.4, Rotten Tomatoes rating of 88% Average Tomatometer and a 77% of Average Audience Score which verifies its public status.
8. The series has had 13 Primetime Emmy Nominations out of which it one 8. It also won a Golden Globe for Best Television Series and its lead actor, Elisabeth Moss won a Golden Globe and Emmy for her performance in the show. It was the first series of OTT platform Hulu to win an Emmy for Outstanding Series.

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