Common Sense Media Review
By Marty Brown
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Sci-fi puzzle box has strong language, tension, peril.
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Silo
What's the Story?
SILO takes place in an underground bunker that descends more than 100 stories into the Earth. Though the society has lived there for more than a century, there are questions about why they're there and what the outside world might actually be like. When Allison (Rashida Jones) becomes increasingly dissatisfied with her life, she demands to be let out of the silo, launching a chain of events that leaves her husband (David Oyelowo) to pick up the pieces and answer the questions.
Is It Any Good?
This is a well-made show with a dynamite cast that somehow feels consistently unsatisfying. Perhaps that's because every aspect of Silo is reminiscent of another story that does the same thing, but better. The isolated underground silo feels similar to the train in Snowpiercer, for example, but less dynamic. The oppressive society is straight out of The Handmaid's Tale; the mysteries about why they're there feel the same as Lost or Westworld, or even M. Night Shyamalan's The Village. Puzzle box shows work when their mysteries are intriguing enough to keep viewers asking questions. With Silo, it feels like all the questions have already been answered elsewhere.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the silo. Why do the characters live there? How long have they been there? What are the rules of the society? What happens when characters break the rules?
What are the central mysteries of Silo? What motivates the characters to solve them? What do you think will happen? What are you rooting for?
Do you think the silo is a metaphor? What might it represent? What does this story have to say about our everyday lives?
TV Details
- Premiere date : May 5, 2023
- Cast : Rebecca Ferguson , David Oyelowo , Rashida Jones
- Network : Apple TV
- Genre : Drama
- TV rating :
- Last updated : July 30, 2025
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