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Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews
Jul 29, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Where “Critical” loses some ground is in how goosed its story lines are and how much it adopts the styles of generic streaming true-crime documentaries. We hear from patients’ loved ones before we hear from the patients themselves, which drags out the “Wait, did they live or die?” in ways that feel cheap and scuzzy. Talking-head segments are blue-toned and somber and appear to be filmed in abandoned warehouses. The show uses the same footage repeatedly, and its super-up-close B-roll is generic. These choices dim but do not extinguish the show’s power.
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iJul 23, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Critical becomes less sensationalist as it goes along. It quickly drops that early device of hyping up an accident by using the same footage over and over (perhaps Netflix was keen on making a big splash out of the gate). Still, it is gruelling to observe an endless procession of badly injured people wheeled through the doors on gurneys.
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