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Positive:
18
Mixed:
10
Negative:
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Critic Reviews
The Mercury NewsFeb 6, 2025
Season 1 Review:
“Apple Cider Vinegar” doubles as both a searing and entertaining — albeit shocking — character study of an out-of-control narcissist (portrayed with sociopathic guile by a stellar Kaitlyn Dever) and as an example of the profusion of so-called wellness experts flooding social media channels.
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The GuardianFeb 6, 2025
Feb 4, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Belle, as portrayed by a revelatory Kaitlyn Dever, is a character who brings out the worst in an audience and it is delicious. .... One nagging issue with “Apple Cider Vinegar,” and no one’s fault, is Ms. Dever’s resemblance to fellow American actress Julia Garner and Belle’s ethical affinity with Ms. Garner’s character in “Inventing Anna,” i.e. the high-society fraudster Anna Delvey.
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Radio TimesFeb 3, 2025
Season 1 Review:
The inherent grief at the centre of this story is never far from view, but screenwriters Samantha Strauss, Anya Beyersdorf and Angela Betzien do offset that heaviness with some black humour aimed at the epic scope of Belle's fictions. It's generally well pitched, implemented at the right moments in the story and never targeted towards the experience of actual cancer patients, but understandably not everyone will feel comfortable handling the topic with any degree of lightness.
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The TelegraphFeb 3, 2025
RogerEbert.comFeb 4, 2025
Season 1 Review:
With each episode, it loses momentum in saying something important, instead becoming a practice in exercising empathy towards a broken and inherently flawed woman. Although this risks breaking apart the series’ foundation, it simultaneously makes it one of the more interesting shows in this genre.
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Feb 12, 2025
Season 1 Review:
That scolding streak is the biggest detractor from what is otherwise a highly watchable show, complete with great performances, convincing accents (seriously, Dever might be the first Hollywood starlet to pull off an Aussie twang), and a spot-on re-creation of the energy of the aughts, when our nascent understanding of the internet and social media allowed Gibson’s influence (and scams) to reach new heights. But the show ultimately fails to come across as smarter than your other true-crime slop.
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The PlaylistFeb 7, 2025
Season 1 Review:
“Apple Cider Vinegar” is an excellent platform for showcasing Devers’s talents and versatility. And it’s enjoyable enough in small bursts and character-driven scenes. But as a whole start-to-finish narrative, it lacks the necessary direction and energy to keep it truly captivating.
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Feb 3, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Apple Cider Vinegar isn’t particularly incisive as a cautionary tale about spending too much time online or recklessly listening to what a “famous person” claims. But much like the escapist powers of a good doom-scroll, it can nevertheless be an addictive, if frustrating, watch.
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Feb 7, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Netflix’s latest scammer drama about an Australian woman who faked cancer enables and glamorizes its protagonist’s deceptions, telling its story from her perspective and sidelining other excellent, emotionally resonant POVs. Apple Cider Vinegar is self-aware of its own toxicity, but that doesn’t make the poison any less pernicious.
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Feb 5, 2025
Season 1 Review:
It’s possible to build a coherent whole from contradictory perspectives, especially through focusing on unifying themes, but Apple Cider Vinegar swerves between its narrative lanes haphazardly and unsubtly. .... There’s little here that justifies spending six long episodes with a pathological liar or convinces you that the show has anything new to say about social media.
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