Beckham

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 4, 2023
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

Critic Reviews

  1. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Oct 4, 2023
    60
    You might have expected Netflix’s four-hour documentary about David Beckham to be a doting hagiography that would offer a few tasty morsels but would mostly polish the shiny tiara of Brand Beckham. And you would be right. ... But the crucial question is: is Beckham entertaining? Put it this way, I binged the lot in one sitting.
  2. i
    Reviewed by: Emily Baker
    Oct 4, 2023
    60
    Beckham is a time capsule of the Noughties, when Posh and Becks dominated two of the most eminent cultural cornerstones England has offered the world: football and tabloid gossip. It’s fun – but don’t expect anything more than the glossy façade we’ve been sold by Brand Beckham for decades.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Nicholas Quah
    Oct 17, 2023
    50
    It’s too neat to feel honest about the complicated life we watched play out across four hours. Stevens may find flashes of real emotion staring into Beckham’s face, but that’s as far as he’s allowed to go.
  5. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Oct 4, 2023
    50
    STREAM IT, but only if you’re a huge fan of soccer in general or Beckham in particular. There’s lots of great footage of Beckham on and off the pitch over the past three decades and just enough personal stuff to keep viewers engaged. But don’t expect too much in the way of revelations or controversy.