Roar (2022 TV series)

Did You Know?

• Each story in the collection is about women's experiences and how women navigate through others' perceptions of them as well as their own.
• The series is based on Cecelia Ahern's short story collection Roar, published in the UK in November 2018 and in the US in April 2019.

Production

Roar was announced in August 2018, with Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch showrunning the adaptation of Cecelia Ahern's short story collection. The project was produced by Nicole Kidman and Per Saari's Blossom Films, Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories, and Theresa Park, with Ahern's Greenlight Go Productions and Endeavor Content also attached. On March 2, 2021, Apple TV+ ordered eight 30-minute episodes, each told from a female point of view, marking Flahive and Mensch's first project under their overall deal with the streamer. Casting announced that day included Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever, and Alison Brie; in August 2021, Betty Gilpin, Meera Syal, Fivel Stewart, and Kara Hayward joined. Production took place in Los Angeles, California from May 28, 2021 to August 1, 2021, with episodes directed by So Yong Kim, Rashida Jones, Quyen Tran, and Anya Adams.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, Roar received a 71% approval rating with an average rating of 6.3/10 based on 34 critic reviews; the critics consensus stated, "The feminist themes of Roar don't carry smoothly across some installments, but the sheer amount of talent on hand comes out loud and clear." Metacritic assigned a score of 57 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. In May 2022, a scene from the episode "The Woman Who Was Fed By a Duck" broadcast on the British show Gogglebox resulted in over 200 complaints to the broadcasting regulator Ofcom.