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Critic Reviews
Jun 12, 2017
Jun 23, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Claws does occasionally lean a bit hard on the wackiness; it has a tendency to overindulge when it comes to extended montages and slo-mo. But, honestly, who cares? On a hot day when a TV viewer is looking for a fun kick, it’s an appealing summer offering: a sweet mojito with extra pulp.
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The Daily BeastJun 8, 2017
Season 1 Review:
What you bask in while watching Claws is the world that’s been created, and the women who populate it. It’s a world maybe you don’t quite understand but is so meticulously crafted that it doesn’t become hick tourism, but instead a heightened version of an already colorful reality.
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Jun 22, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Claws walks a tightrope throughout. Its outlandish Spring Breakers--esque story, nourished by the heat of its setting, is bolstered by real and committed performances. It's a step forward for an increasingly ambitious network previously known for procedurals. Nash, overdue for a role that will vaunt her onto TV's A-list, brings humanity to a story that too easily could have been featherlight.
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Jun 8, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Like “Animal Kingdom,” it will never be confused with quality TV, nor will it take you somewhere you’ve never been before. But as a bit of flamboyant drama, where subtlety is a lot less important than the bright Florida hues and the ladies’ flashy costumes, it will do.
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Jun 7, 2017
Season 1 Review:
There’s a twist at the end of the third episode, the last one made available to critics, that, along with the fine performances and the welcome focus on female solidarity, will keep me coming back to this series, at least for a few more episodes. The polish on Claws has some noticeable chips in it. But I don’t want to remove it, not just yet.
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Jun 5, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Like “Orange Is the New Black,” Claws is impressive primarily for how genuinely it engages with a disenfranchised underclass (without making it feel as boring or academic as that sounds). ... And though Claws admirably avoids judging this world, it still struggles with tone. The drama can’t quite decide how funny, smart, or pathetic it wants to be, and that can make for a jarring viewing experience.
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Jun 8, 2017
Season 1 Review:
I liked Claws’s sun-baked Florida setting, and the way the cameras capture the difference between the inside warmth of the nail salon versus the harsh ugliness of store-front life outside. And Nash is really excellent, rendering Desna in all her tough, vulnerable, shrewd complexity. The writing of the show needs to become as complex as that character.
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Jun 12, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Bad things happen, and in a wise choice by the producers, they happen before the end of the first episode. The show gets more interesting at that point, but it’s still caught somewhere on the road from feminist buddy comedy to bloody drama--and it’s not quite credible as either.
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Jun 8, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The parade of outlandish characters zipping in and out of their lives is distracting enough to confuse the atmosphere. As such, Claws isn’t fully realized as either a drama or a comedy, and its attempts at incorporating some version of the latter appears to be unintentional.
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Jun 8, 2017
Season 1 Review:
With its crowded field of producers (including Rashida Jones), Claws has a difficult time with coherence, feeling like a half-hour show that learned way too late that it was going to be a one-hour show. ... As Uncle Daddy, Norris is unfortunately more clownsome than fearsome, and, bereft of better writing, Nash leans too heavily on stereotype as a way to give her character a little more life.
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TV Guide MagazineJun 8, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Claws works too hard to establish its outrageously raunchy, sordid edge. [12-25 Jun 2017, p.15]
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