Clarice

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 11, 2021
Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 33
  3. Negative: 5 out of 33
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Critic Reviews

  1. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Steven Scaife
    Feb 8, 2021
    38
    [There] are some potentially interesting threads to mine, but it’ll take much steadier, subtler hands than the ones that crafted these episodes to convincingly sew them together.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Darren Franich
    Feb 1, 2021
    33
    Everything about Clarice has been done, successfully and terribly and constantly, by a whole generation of CBS procedurals. ... I don't mind gross extremity, but Clarice wants shock value to cover up its sins against basic narrative sense.
  3. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Feb 8, 2021
    30
    Designed for maximum uninventiveness and lack of surprise, it’s formulaic comfort food that, in almost every respect, fails to satisfy.
  5. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Feb 11, 2021
    25
    The CBS drama is clearly copying whatever names and plot points it can onto its police procedural template, but it’s the disinterest in Clarice, the person, that proves unforgivable.
  6. Decider
    Reviewed by: Meghan O'Keefe
    Feb 11, 2021
    20
    Clarice, the character, has been turned into a quivering mess, and Clarice, the show, makes the fatal mistake of thinking that Clarice’s trauma is the most interesting thing about her. ... The real problem with CBS’s version of Clarice stems from the writing. ... While Episodes 2 and 3 show promising signs of Clarice using her investigative skills, that’s all undermined by scenes where supporting characters can get her to unravel with a few mundane questions.

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User Score
3.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 8 out of 15
  1. UncleWillard
    Feb 11, 2021
    0
    I was hopeful when I saw the teaser for this, but right out of the gate, it's a network show, so it will not only be sanitized, but there willI was hopeful when I saw the teaser for this, but right out of the gate, it's a network show, so it will not only be sanitized, but there will of course be pandering to certain demographics (women). That's a shame, because the character that Jodie Foster introduced us to, is the perfect example of a well written, female lead. Julianne Moore's rendition was pretty darned good too. This will be a "I ain't gonna let no man tell me nothin bout to crime solvin." I already heard it in the trailer. I'll give it a go, but I'm already seeing problems.… Full Review »
  2. titan2287
    Feb 12, 2021
    0
    This is why the TV industry should stop making these adaptions and unnecessary sequels/continuations.
  3. Ededed
    May 11, 2021
    0
    Lost me at the promos.

    Don’t see anything here that entices me to watch.
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