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Positive:
14
Mixed:
17
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
May 31, 2024
Season 1 Review:
An unfocused, inconsistently written, and wonderfully acted show whose ambition is admirable and originality rare in an increasingly formulaic crime genre, even if creator Abi Morgan (The Hour) never manages to reconcile its tonal dissonance. What holds it all together, albeit like a plastic bag tearing under the heft of its contents, is the parallel Morgan draws between a world overpopulated with bad dads and a patriarchy—one that, in the city, encompasses the police, real estate, and politics—that is rotting from the inside.
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May 29, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The acting in the Netflix miniseries “Eric” is knock-down-drag-out good. There’s anger, madness, fear, loss, and grief all over the script, and there’s a set of performers, most notably Benedict Cumberbatch, who are seriously up to the task. Emotion is discharged. It’s all in service of an unwieldy, overstuffed 1980s-set story line that’s too ambitious for its own good, alas — but still, there’s a lot to admire in these six fast-paced episodes.
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The TimesMay 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Several times during Eric I asked myself, “If it wasn’t for Benedict Cumberbatch, would you carry on watching this?” The honest answer is no. Without him there would be far less reason to. Abi Morgan’s drama is well written, yes, but I didn’t find the story particularly compelling, hairy blue monster or not.
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May 30, 2024
Season 1 Review:
That’s a lot of specificity. Too much specificity, one might argue, for a show that wants to tie a fable about paternal regret to an indictment of a broken city. “Eric” is better at the former than the latter, artfully exposing and forgiving human foibles and celebrating the good things strangers can do for (and see within) each other.
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The PlaylistMay 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
In every episode of “Eric,” there’s something that works, usually in the choices made by the ensemble, and one certainly can’t say that about every show on Netflix. To that end, fans of this one’s multi-talented lead should probably check it out. Everyone else might just want to watch “Sesame Street” instead.
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IndieWireMay 30, 2024
May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
“Eric” practically drips with Prestige TV trappings: a cast of great actors, a Very Serious Topic, and no doubt a primo slot coming soon on your Netflix recommendations page. It’s also all over the place as a six-episode series, a genuinely depressing slog through the corruption and general skeeviness of New York City in the 1980s.
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