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Critic Reviews
ColliderNov 19, 2024
Season 2 Review:
Putting characters in a rut as a spark for change is a tried and true dramatic convention, but the trick is to avoid the audience feeling like the plot itself is in a rut, and that's a challenge that Season 2 doesn't quite ace. It ends on a strong set of episodes but makes for an uneven watch overall.
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Jun 8, 2023
Season 1 Review:
“Based on a True Story” is much more bleak than “Only Murders.” (Creator Craig Rosenberg had a hand in the pitch-black humor of “The Boys.”) Some of that darkness adds to the show’s appeal; more often, much like its characters, “Based on a True Story” spins out of control.
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The GuardianJun 8, 2023
Season 1 Review:
With credulity crumbling by the end of eight mostly enjoyable, if increasingly ludicrous, episodes, Based on a True Story might not have enough blood to pump through another season (even if a cliffhanger ending suggests that it will happen anyway), but murder fans should find enough here to chew on.
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Jun 6, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The target is broad and easy to hit (others already have) except "Based on a True Story's'" aim is unsteady. The show would much rather be a comedy (also unsteady) or thriller (unsteadiest of all). At its best, this series features three seasoned and particularly appealing actors who know how to sell the premise — outlandish and as full of plot holes as this one is. But at its worst — far worse — is a recurrent pattern of violence against women.
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Jun 8, 2023
Season 1 Review:
If you’re looking for a breezy summer binge, it makes a passable substitute for any of the aforementioned shows [Dead to Me, Good Girls, and You]. But the writing is blander, the characters thinner, the plot too reliant on viewers’ willingness to suspend disbelief. And the true-crime satire is disappointingly timid.
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Jun 6, 2023
Season 1 Review:
if you take something true and either to protect the not-so-innocent or to beef up the drama you layer in so many tropes and clichés it becomes a sitcom, what was the point? I’ll bet the true story actually is nuts, but Only Murders in Mar Vista is closer to a footnote than a trend.
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