Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker - Season 1

"Its reverence towards Walker isn't matched by stodgy storytelling; it finds in moments a briskness and charge that might elude a more straightforwardly told period drama."

"What it doesn't do, across four episodes and 190 minutes, is give a very strong idea of who Walker was or how she accomplished what she did."

"Spencer's performance is dazzling. The role of pioneer comes naturally to her, and her character shows the scars of what it means to be a successful woman in a community and era where there were few."

"It's ultimately, thankfully, Spencer's show and she's in supreme command, selling every second of Walker's story as well as convincing us, and hopefully any director that's watching, that she deserves more time in the spotlight."

"It is decidedly an old-school, good-time miniseries dropped into a world that will measure it by upper-crusty limited series standards."

"It's been long past time for Madam C.J. Walker to get her due on the small or big screen, but this series is sadly a disservice to her."