American Crime

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Season 2
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 5, 2015
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 99 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 99
  3. Negative: 7 out of 99
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  1. junctionview
    Sep 6, 2016
    2
    I accidentally wrote this review for Season 1 (which I found pretty good actually). But HATE Season 2. It completely ran out of air around episode 5. Then all the other problems with it--unconvincing dialogue, contrived reactions, over-weaning earnestness--became completely unbearable. It was like they wanted to pack as many social issues into the show as they could. Every conversation isI accidentally wrote this review for Season 1 (which I found pretty good actually). But HATE Season 2. It completely ran out of air around episode 5. Then all the other problems with it--unconvincing dialogue, contrived reactions, over-weaning earnestness--became completely unbearable. It was like they wanted to pack as many social issues into the show as they could. Every conversation is one note: intense and fierce and outraged. It wears thin. Actors do their best. It's technically very well done. But the writing is a disaster.… Expand

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#21 Best TV Season of 2016
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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Time
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Jan 26, 2016
    80
    It’s more tightly focused on a case of rape at an Indiana private school in which every player--victim, victim’s mom, alleged perpetrator, school headmistress, bystanders--gets more than one chance to have his or her say. Its status as a work of pure fiction allows race, class and sexuality to shape the narrative in creative ways, and the characters are more than just placeholders for what we’d like to believe about the case.
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  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Jan 7, 2016
    90
    It carries a stronger sense of artful engagement with the viewer, through both direction and tone.... It’s still not exactly an easy watch, but it’s a far more engrossing one than in season one.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Jan 6, 2016
    50
    Even if some moments ring true, too many deafening blows make the show's only impact comparable to blunt force trauma. American Crime has never met a bad choice it can't find a way to justify, and worse yet, it uses the worst moments as hooks to lure viewers to the next episode.
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