Behind Her Eyes
Netflix | Release Date: February 17, 2021
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
iEmily BakerDec 3, 2021
Season 1 Review: I can’t help but feel it would be much more enticing were it released on a weekly basis. As a binge watch, Behind Her Eyes is overly drawn out with not enough drama to make up for the rather dull storyline. Read full review
60
The TelegraphAnita Singh Feb 17, 2021
Season 1 Review: What I liked about the first episode was Louise – a character behaving in believable ways as a single mum who just wants some romance in her life. By the series end, believability isn’t high on the agenda. You’ll either love or hate the big reveal. Read full review
50
The Detroit NewsTom LongFeb 17, 2021
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately the pacing here is too slow and many may abandon the train before it gets where it’s going. “Behind Her Eyes” is the perfect example of a six-part series that should have been four. Its stretch marks are unseemly. Less can be more. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergFeb 16, 2021
Season 1 Review: Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor, itself an adaptation of The Turn of the Screw, never quite descended into ridiculousness. But it was a show that, for me, worked best in a place of spooky insinuation and became less interesting the more it spelled out exactly what was happening. Read full review
50
Rolling StoneAlan SepinwallFeb 16, 2021
Season 1 Review: Some of Behind Your Eyes makes a bit more sense once you get to its ridiculous conclusion, but it largely takes meaning away from what came before rather than adding new depth and excitement. Read full review
40
Radio TimesPatrick CremonaDec 2, 2021
Season 1 Review: The poor pacing and uneven tone prevent it from being anything more than a serviceable thriller with a wacky twist that doesn’t quite land. Read full review
40
The IndependentAnnabel NugentFeb 17, 2021
Season 1 Review: Watching the bizarre twist eventually unfold on screen, I felt shortchanged. The cost of surprise, it turns out, is feasibility. Reason and narrative continuity, too. If the series is a puzzle, its ending is a piece from a different jigsaw altogether. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Kathryn VanArendonkFeb 17, 2021
Season 1 Review: Its first episodes are oddly hollow. ... It’s not particularly invested in who Louise or David are, and it’s not all that interested in Rob either. ... Seeing the end does help explain the shallowness and heady ungrounded slickness of the previous five episodes. The empty characterization isn’t egregious, but it seems like an apparatus that’s been built around some hidden central engine the show doesn’t want to reveal. Read full review
40
The GuardianEllen E JonesFeb 17, 2021
Season 1 Review: The pace definitely picks up by episode four, but a combination of uninspired dialogue and Hollyoaks acting makes getting even that far a slog. Read full review
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