Bonnie & Clyde

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Season 1
Metascore
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 23
  3. Negative: 2 out of 23
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Dec 6, 2013
    60
    It's a testament to Hirsch, who keeps Bonnie and Clyde grounded--plus a solid script, for the most part--that allows this movie to defy the odds. That doesn't make it great or even necessary, but wow, it could have been a lot worse.
  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Dec 6, 2013
    60
    This much more conventional biopic is a grittier, drabber journey from crime-spree joyride to high-stakes manhunt as their crimes and the ensuing fallout escalate in grim intensity.
  3. Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Reviewed by: Mark Dawidziak
    Jan 10, 2014
    50
    There are, to be sure, many memorable moments along the way to Monday's second half, but this is one of those padded two-parters that easily could have been trimmed to three hours and aired one night instead of two. And most of the padding is in Sunday's first half.
  5. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Dec 9, 2013
    50
    Bonnie & Clyde? More like Hokum and Bunk.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Dec 9, 2013
    50
    Neither [Hirsch and Granger] offer any insight into what drove the couple, what they actually hoped to achieve, and what kept them going when it became clear that things were not going to end well. And History might have a little soul-searching to do; dramatic license should not mean Make a Huge Number of Important Plot Points Up.
  7. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Sara Smith
    Dec 6, 2013
    50
    Holliday Grainger and Emile Hirsch are pretty great as Bonnie and Clyde, despite a just-servicable script to explain how Clyde won Bonnie’s anxiety-ridden, artistic heart.
  8. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Phil Dyess-Nugent
    Dec 6, 2013
    50
    Those seeking entertainment would be better off watching the movie, which will give them a rousing American story in half the time.
  9. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    Dec 5, 2013
    50
    The miniseries itself never quite reaches dramatic liftoff. Could be the know-how-it-ends curse of biopics at work. Or perhaps it's because it is so difficult to spare time and emotion for a couple of punks.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Dec 5, 2013
    50
    The movie settles for a rather dutiful tick-tock of episodes and shootouts, counting down toward the inevitable with plenty of on-air script indicating the time and place before each event.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Dec 5, 2013
    50
    Bonnie & Clyde is thoroughly inoffensive and resolutely middle-of-the-road, a big slab of a story about a doomed love affair between two nice, good-looking kids who had some really bad luck.
  12. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Dec 4, 2013
    50
    The script is workmanlike rather than inspired or in any way profound.
  13. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Dec 6, 2013
    40
    Numerous scenes reiterate what we knew, and side touches like Bonnie’s recurring ballerina fantasies don’t need the time they’re given.
  14. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Dec 6, 2013
    40
    It's probably not a good sign that by Monday's installment I was nearly as eager to see the Barrow Gang's spree end as Hurt's character was, even knowing it was bound to be far from pretty.

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 6 out of 17
  1. C3realkillah
    Dec 9, 2013
    9
    Dont understand all the negative reviews this miniseries was interesting, smart, and fun to watch. The story about Bonnie and Clyde was toldDont understand all the negative reviews this miniseries was interesting, smart, and fun to watch. The story about Bonnie and Clyde was told well, even the origins before they met and how their relationship evolved. i enoyed the 2nd part more than the first as it detailed their outlaw lifestyle and showed how they were going down a path which they couldn't return from. the show is very true to the time period of the 1930s and i loved the transition from the show from black to white in certain scenes. the acting and and actors were also very good, looking and sounding the part. the only negative points i have to make is that it starts off pretty slow and doesn't show many of the heists go down (they get explained via newspaper articles and quick flashes of gunfights). but overall i really enjoyed it as i love outlaw and mafia type shows. Bonnie and Clyde is a worthwhile, fun, entertaining drama that is like a string of dynamite.... it starts off slow but ends with a bang 9/10… Full Review »
  2. Tulliiasc
    Feb 3, 2014
    7
    Tough story but they stay true to the history Bonnie and Clyde were terrible and brutal people with weird personal issues. This ain'tTough story but they stay true to the history Bonnie and Clyde were terrible and brutal people with weird personal issues. This ain't Shakespeare but if your are interested in the 1930s gangsters and don't believe the Hollywood hype of the time we'll it's worth your time.… Full Review »
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