Controlling Britney Spears
FX | HULU | Release Date: September 24, 2021
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneySep 29, 2021
Season 1 Review: Information is presented in a cogent, journalistic fashion that is more interested in uncovering what Britney Spears has been facing away from the shiny filters of her Instagram feed rather than exploiting her. Read full review
80
TimeJudy BermanSep 29, 2021
Season 1 Review: The revelations in this concise, illuminating, polished but stylistically spartan feature are indeed damning. Read full review
80
DeciderJoel KellerSep 28, 2021
Season 1 Review: Controlling Britney Spears is equal parts shocking and infuriating, a necessary examination of the reality of the pop icon’s conservatorship and why so many have been calling for her freedom for so long. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneNina MetzSep 29, 2021
Season 1 Review: The surveillance allegations are substantial and the film itself is simply more cohesive and better organized [than Netflix's "Britney vs Spears"]. Read full review
42
IndieWireKristen LopezSep 28, 2021
Season 1 Review: Much of “Controlling Britney Spears” feels like leftover story angles that there weren’t time for in “Framing Britney Spears.” Clocking in at a little over an hour, “Controlling Britney Spears” lacks the urgency of its predecessor. Read full review
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