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Positive:
5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews
Sep 9, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The “American Gigolo” of 2022 holds its own as an engrossing murder mystery that plays out across present-day Los Angeles and over a series of flashbacks to the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... [Bernthal is] also surprisingly convincing as a traumatized, near-broken man who‘s never had control over his own life.
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The Daily BeastSep 6, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Given that its most intriguing facets have to do with Julian’s interior struggles, it remains to be seen if American Gigolo can sustain itself over the course of ten episodes (much less multiple seasons). ... It may not be as unique and pioneering as its source material (or celebrate its star, à la Gere, in all his unclothed full-frontal glory), but Hollander’s drama has a poise and polish that makes it a date worth keeping.
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Sep 6, 2022
Season 1 Review:
What American Gigolo succeeds at is setting itself apart from its predecessor, proving that it's more than just a glossy restoration of something we've already seen. Still, it struggles to find its footing as a modern story. If the tail end of Episode 3 is any indication, there could be good things to come. But that might be a lot to ask from a show that, at its core, struggles to untangle itself from the confines of the past.
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Sep 6, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Bernthal is convincing as both a 30-year-old Julian in over his head, and as the 45-year-old ex-convict trying to put his life back together, and O’Donnell is a surprisingly natural fit as a hardboiled detective. But the unanswered questions driving the story are just not as suspenseful as the show seems to think. Ultimately, American Gigolo is a dour show that seems disinterested in capturing the spirit of what made the original a hit.
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