Good Machine International | Release Date: March 2, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
21
Mixed:
4
Negative:
4
75
Unpretentious and brashly exploitative.
75
A gritty, immediate, down-and-dirty satire with a down-and-dirty look.
75
Chicago TribuneRobert Elder
Series 7 does exactly what independent cinema should -- challenge audiences while it entertains.
80
Smith and Fitzgerald are funny, feisty, poignant, and altogether realistic. Will they end up lovers, friends, side-by-side corpses? Their sharp performances make Series 7 as frighteningly addictive as crack, or even "Survivor."
88
The most devastating spoof of reality TV since Albert Brooks' 1978 "Real Life."
80
NewsweekDevin Gordon
Whether Series 7, filmed on digital video for less than $1 million, is reactive or prescient doesn’t change the fact that it’s a dead-on parody of the form.
91
Wide-eyed, deadpan and, more often than not, note-perfect.
40
The result is heavy and humorless, despite a smart, skillful performance by Brooke Smith.