Summary

• A Gentleman in Moscow starring Ewan McGregor is the second most popular streaming title in the US for the week of March 28 – April 3.
• The series features McGregor as Alexander Rostov, a Russian aristocrat who is sentenced to life under house arrest during the final days of the Russian Revolution.
• The Showtime limited series has been generally well-received by both critics and audiences.

A Gentleman in Moscow cast as Alexander Rostov, a Russian aristocrat who is sentenced to live out the rest of his days under house arrest at a Moscow hotel following the October Revolution. The 8-episode limited series, which also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, currently sports a strong 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.

New streaming data from Reelgood for the week of March 28 – April 3 features A Gentleman in Moscow as the second most popular title of the week overall in the U.S., falling just behind Netflix's 3 Body Problem. Check out the full chart below:

Reelgood gathers its data by monitoring over 20 million viewing decisions across every major streaming platform, though it's not clear how many actual views A Gentleman in Moscow was able to rack up. In any case, the series beats the likes of Quiet on Set, Road House, Shōgun, Anatomy of a Fall, Poor Things, and more.

How A Gentleman In Moscow Has Been Received

Critics Tend To Enjoy The Ewan McGregor Show More Than Audiences

The 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes suggests the limited series has gotten off to a great start with critics. Reviews, for the most part, praise McGregor's captivating lead performance, in addition to highlighting the charming storytelling and filmmaking used to capture the real Russian history depicted in A Gentleman in Moscow. The series' audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, however, is a little lower at 76%, though this is still a perfectly respectable figure.

A Gentleman in Moscow is based on a 2016 novel of the same name by Armor Towles.

On Metacritic, A Gentleman in Moscow has scored 74 out of 100 from 21 critic reviews, suggesting again a favorable reception. The score on this site is decidedly more mixed at only 5.4 out of 10, however. The series' score on IMDb, another -driven platform is higher, however, at 6.6 out of 10.

A Gentleman in Moscow episode 2 was released on April 5, meaning there's still 6 more episodes to come over the following weeks. It's possible that, over the course of these remaining episodes, as the story continues to unfold, the scores listed above will change as opinions evolve and new audiences share their thoughts. While not all of the scores for A Gentleman in Moscow are glowing, the show has certainly been met with a generally positive reception so far, and it's evidently been a popular streaming choice.

Source: Reelgood