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Though the series remains entertaining, attractively moody, and sensationally well-acted, there’s a lack of urgency and personal import that can be felt throughout that keeps this inarguably good show from being a great one.
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Mildly watchable and tense, but well short of riveting.
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Chance keeps threatening to blossom into the mordant comedy it ought to be, but the dawdling pace and a general dreariness of mood keep it tied down.
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It can’t decide whether it wants to be a drama rooted in psychologically legitimate authenticity or a fully heightened paperback mystery in streaming form whose departures from reality can be more easily forgiven.
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The problem is that Nunn’s unable to create a coherent drama or compelling thriller, in or out of his milieu. The first half of the season is a jumble of storytelling techniques, despite featuring a slew of top-notch directors, including Room’s Lenny Abrahamson.
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Chance wants to be a kind of seedy California noir, complete with femme fatale but is personality-less instead.
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Chance, despite a great cast and a pilot directed by Oscar nominee Lenny Abrahamson, relies too much on coincidence and gullibility to be effective. And, more damagingly, doesn’t generate the sexual heat or sense of danger that great noir needs to resonate.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 34 out of 45
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Mixed: 5 out of 45
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Negative: 6 out of 45
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Dec 3, 2016
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Nov 22, 2016
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Nov 2, 2016