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. LamontRaymond
    Mar 9, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Decent season, but that season finale episode really sucked. The final moments? No closure whatsoever, which is typically fine, but in this case? You assume he's going to take the plea deal, but not necessarily. And the other kid not getting into the car.... Sure, there are possible meanings there, but come on! Weak... Not worth investing 10 hours. And what's up with ABC censoring their own profanities with audio & video breaks? Terrible treatment.… Expand
  2. jakenolan2
    Mar 10, 2016
    5
    This series and this season specifically could have been a lot better than it was. While, it is not necessary to have a definitive resolution to the actual crime. The way this finale was crafted seems disingenuous. The major plot has been exploitative to homosexual people. This season exploited male on male rape to be shocking and get viewers. After it did not do a very good job showingThis series and this season specifically could have been a lot better than it was. While, it is not necessary to have a definitive resolution to the actual crime. The way this finale was crafted seems disingenuous. The major plot has been exploitative to homosexual people. This season exploited male on male rape to be shocking and get viewers. After it did not do a very good job showing the fallout that comes from this accusation beyond the 5th episode. The whole school shooting aspect of this season bogged it down in convoluted plot lines. Male on male rape( and female rape victims) victims rarely use violence. The main problem with rape is how it destroys the victim because they tend to internalize the act. The idea of showing a host of other hot-button issues in 10 hours "buried the lead." I really feel that the stories told would only be shocking to white, middle-aged, straight people. Most of the groups represented in this season already know the truth about what is going on in school and the community at large, so for me this show really only seems to be a way to make this segment of the population aware of what others see everyday. I guess this show is not really for those who check the non white or other boxes.… Expand
  3. shoulderoforion
    Jan 10, 2016
    5
    After watching the first season in a marathon, watched the first episode and liked where they seem to be going with this one. The lead actors playing different roles in a different city in a different storyline would only work if they were great with a great production team, this is both of those things. Waiting the long 6 months before I get episode 2 eagerly.
  4. Knighthawk81
    Jan 7, 2016
    6
    I was really drawn to the first season of "American Crime" for its writing, performances, and haunting portrayals of some of the deep issues in this country. By contrast, the pilot for the second season of the anthology series started a little slow. This feels more "ripped from the headlines" than drawn from the passion of the writers. And by contrast, to me, it's just been OK.

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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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