Dirty John

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 6 out of 20
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  1. JennetP
    Dec 17, 2018
    3
    I think I would have liked this series better as a true-crime podcast because, as a hybrid drama, it disappoints. Its high gloss and star power promise deft characterization and skillful plotting, but don't deliver those things. Instead, as so often in life, terrible things happen for no apparent reason to people who are hard to understand and harder to like. The overall story is mostI think I would have liked this series better as a true-crime podcast because, as a hybrid drama, it disappoints. Its high gloss and star power promise deft characterization and skillful plotting, but don't deliver those things. Instead, as so often in life, terrible things happen for no apparent reason to people who are hard to understand and harder to like. The overall story is most interesting at the beginning, when the audience isn't quite sure that the Eric Bana character is a con man because the people accusing him are so petty and smug that viewers want them to be wrong. Once the Connie Britton character discovers his collection of restraining orders (helpfully stashed where she can easily find it), all mystery vanishes, and the series becomes very predictable, melodramatic, and steeped in pop-psychological cliches.… Expand
  2. rinanci
    Dec 26, 2018
    3
    I am not sure which is worse...the writing or the acting. I believe Eric Bana and Jean Smart are collateral damage. Connie Britton, Julia Garner and Juno Temple play the most unlikable characters in the most unbelievable manner....
    Watching this reminds me of reading 50 Shades...HORRIBLE WRITING, but like a bad accident you just have to keep watching to see what happens
  3. feranflo
    Feb 24, 2019
    3
    The plot is kinda thrilling but the storyline and the characters are very underwhelming. There are also several continuity mistakes and slips, for example, when Debra picks up her phone and the next scene she's using another phone model. The characters are very unlikeable and not-relatable at all, specially Debra's daughters who just come up as spoiled brats.

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#100 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Nov 26, 2018
    70
    This series is cautionary escapism at its juiciest. [26 Nov - 9 Dec 2018, p.8]
  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Nov 26, 2018
    67
    Britton plays Debra as if some Botox seeped into her brain. Bana charms while simultaneously simmering.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Nov 26, 2018
    42
    Viewers might be suckered into wanting to know exactly who this guy is, but the vanilla, passive depiction of his primary victim dulls any empathy for her struggle to the point where your only motivation to continue is to see how dark this story might get.
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