Addiction
HBO | Release Date: March 15, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: An example of the pay cable channel at its finest. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalDorothy Rabinowitz
Season 1 Review: A wide-ranging work and a compelling one. Read full review
80
The New RepublicSacha Zimmerman
Season 1 Review: "Addiction" does not make the viewer a voyeur, but rather a participant in the need for more and better solutions. Read full review
80
Washington PostJohn Maynard
Season 1 Review: Gripping. Read full review
70
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: In taking an illuminative approach, HBO gives audiences a comprehensive series that covers an impressive amount of ground. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: The closer you are to living with an addict or an addiction, the more essential you'll find this viewing, obviously, but the less personally involved will still find much of scientific and human interest. Read full review
70
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: This enlightening series clearly has an agenda: to help addicts and their families set aside the guilt and anger associated with addiction long enough to do the concrete work of thoroughly treating the disease. Read full review
60
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: A relentlessly grim and deeply depressing viewing experience. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: The overall approach, though, inevitably yields a series of individual images as opposed to a cohesive perspective, relying upon various directors to capture the sometimes harrowing, sometimes heartbreaking scope of the problem. Read full review
60
The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Season 1 Review: The film is bereft of feel-good scenes and drug-movie clichés. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
Season 1 Review: This is less a documentary project than a comprehensive self-help workshop.... As drama, however, it's a little bit relentless. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: [It] has a certain instructional dryness. Read full review
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