American Crime

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Season 3
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 5, 2015
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 51 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 51
  3. Negative: 10 out of 51
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  1. night4
    Feb 22, 2018
    4
    This season is extremely overrated. It's partly a way for middle class Americans to feel slightly less guilty about where their food comes from (or more so, depending on who you ask). And it's partly preachy dreck with all the nuance of an episode of Law and Order: SVU.

    The actors display almost *no* range whatsoever when compared to their performances from previous seasons, though    This season is extremely overrated. It's partly a way for middle class Americans to feel slightly less guilty about where their food comes from (or more so, depending on who you ask). And it's partly preachy dreck with all the nuance of an episode of Law and Order: SVU.

    The actors display almost *no* range whatsoever when compared to their performances from previous seasons, though they're still decent. The show is still tiring, bleak, and depressing, just as it has been. I think it's a requirement that no one smiles in any episode, ever, that no one laughs, ever, and that there's no humor of any kind, ever. The show's intended effect would be greater if it weren't as quite as stiff. It comes off as being insincere and unrealistic for the sake of pushing an agenda.

    And why should anyone care about the black lady wanting a kid so bad? Her story felt like it was forced upon the other story to make room for more actors and feebly tie in the justice system.

    Edit: I've come back to lower the score after watching more episodes. Each episode is more heavy, depressing, and ridiculous than the last. It's almost as if their intention is to make the viewer want to self-harm after watching.    … Expand

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Mar 24, 2017
    80
    While American Crime surely is an impassioned and clear-eyed assessment of America’s socio-political dysfunction, the show it reminds me of is HBO’s far more metaphysical The Leftovers, another series questioning the mandate that TV be a good time.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Mar 13, 2017
    90
    American Crime may not leave you with much to interpret, but it always offers plenty to talk about.
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  3. The Lincoln Journal Star
    Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Mar 13, 2017
    100
    It’s stark, harsh and sometimes difficult to watch. It’s also some of the best-made television, dramatizing real-life issues that are as eye-opening as a slap across the face.
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