Dead Ringers (2023)

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Season 1
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 23
  3. Negative: 4 out of 23

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  1. bl1rt
    May 2, 2023
    3
    Events in history happen twice, first time as a tragedy, second time as a farce... Though, to be honest, the show shares next to nothing with the film except name and tagline. Which is fine, but touches on the core problem of the show, where it is very good at citing topics and themes, but can't do anything with them, let alone anything clever, so it just cranks up the volume to 11 andEvents in history happen twice, first time as a tragedy, second time as a farce... Though, to be honest, the show shares next to nothing with the film except name and tagline. Which is fine, but touches on the core problem of the show, where it is very good at citing topics and themes, but can't do anything with them, let alone anything clever, so it just cranks up the volume to 11 and crams in more stuff.
    That's fun to watch for two episodes, when it consequently collapses in on itself. The weirdness becomes pastiche, the dark humor becomes overly hilarious, a crisis of identity becomes going le mad, the feeling of discomfort becomes just awkward.
    The acting is very good all around and everything looks great, but instead of the characters unraveling, it's the show falling apart.    … Expand

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. The Observer (UK)
    Reviewed by: Barbara Ellen
    Sep 10, 2024
    80
    At times it over-reaches and succumbs to the streamer-disease of laborious subplots and overlong detours (investor soirees; employees behaving strangely; gluey streams of sociopolitical consciousness). Still, the hot creepy mess of the twin dynamic is beautifully executed: Weisz slips on the dual skins with campy relish. She is particularly vivid as Elliot, who feels like a classic Hollywood monster.
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  2. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Inkoo Kang
    Apr 26, 2023
    80
    Moody and challenging, Birch’s “Dead Ringers” hews surprisingly close to many of Cronenberg’s story beats, but the remake is more thematically ambitious—and more consistently engaging. ... Much of the show’s creepy pleasures comes from Weisz’s magnificent performance(s).
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  3. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Robert Levin
    Apr 24, 2023
    88
    This "Dead Ringers" carves out a path that's fundamentally different from the one laid out by Cronenberg, and not just because of the gender-swapped leads. But even if it takes some time to understand exactly where things are going and why, it can fall back on one of the most remarkable performances in a good long while.
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