Candy

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Season 1
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: May 9, 2022
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9

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  1. saimariejohnson
    May 12, 2022
    7
    This is a troubling and yet riveting show about a true crime that is quite frankly stunning. I have been glued to this miniseries since episode one and am eager to see how Candace Montgomery was capable of convincing a jury of her innocence where axing her lover's wife 47 times is concerned.
  2. UncleWillard
    May 10, 2022
    8
    I've only just finished episode 2, but I'm totally engaged. Jessica Biel is, and I hate to say it because I have no reason to doubt her talent, surprisingly good. And she shines in a cast full of good actors. EXCEPT Melanie Lynskey. I do not see why she keeps getting good parts. She has one speed; dour agitation. She's very unattractive with zero charisma. I guess if the idea is to paintI've only just finished episode 2, but I'm totally engaged. Jessica Biel is, and I hate to say it because I have no reason to doubt her talent, surprisingly good. And she shines in a cast full of good actors. EXCEPT Melanie Lynskey. I do not see why she keeps getting good parts. She has one speed; dour agitation. She's very unattractive with zero charisma. I guess if the idea is to paint the victim as deserving of whatever happened to her, and I'd hope that's not the case. I didn't like her in Togetherness or Yellowjackets. I really don't get her. Outside of her, I'm enjoying the show.… Expand
  3. OlivierPiel
    May 15, 2022
    4
    So much effort in terms of lighting, positioning of the camera, angles and shots, I mean cinematography for that trivial and inane a story.And all these "character" actors always playing the same way (bored housewife, douche husband, hot desperate housewife....)...Tired Hollywood tiring its audience with drawn out series. I gave up in the middle of Ep. 3.

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Oct 12, 2022
    80
    Candy is intelligently scripted and directed. It also has two phenomenal performances. ... Female rage is an under-explored topic – whether or not it culminates in murder. If Candy concentrates on that, rather than the 41 Lizzie Borden-esque blows, it could add something to the sum of human knowledge, if not exactly happiness.
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  2. i
    Reviewed by: Chris Mandle
    Oct 12, 2022
    40
    Part of the problem is that Candy is trying to be all the things simultaneously: a gritty true-crime series, a tense courtroom drama and a rich character study. But without committing to any of these ideas, it ends up going nowhere.
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  3. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Amanda Whiting
    Oct 12, 2022
    40
    If you really like true-crime dramas, you’ll probably like this one. But if you like true stories – ones that create layered versions of real people and use them to illustrate something universal about the human experience – Candy won’t hit the sweet spot.
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