- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 23, 2025
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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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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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It’s beautifully done, even the many drone shots of the London skyline — a cliché in much factual programming now. Only thing is, you feel it’s been done before.