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Positive:
14
Mixed:
17
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
May 30, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Though extremely difficult to watch, “Eric” is outstanding. .... But there is one glaring issue. As Vincent becomes unhinged, he begins to visualize a real-life Eric who taunts him and follows him around. Though the furry blue monster is a manifestation of the puppeteer’s inner torment, it’s a distraction.
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The Mercury NewsMay 29, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Award-winning series creator Abi Morgan (“The Split”) and director Lucy Forbes (“This Is Going to Hurt”) bring their knack for authentic, ambidextrous storytelling to the table. The period details couldn’t be better, and the final episode weaves the many elements together with effortless poignancy.
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May 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Both Mr. Cumberbatch and Mr. Belcher have moments of enormous power, though much of it is front-loaded: The program gets increasingly silly during some of the later sequences, though the introduction of madness into a story allows it to get away with much more than if everyone were solidly sane. .... It is Cassie who maintains the core of grief at the center of "Eric." As a parent, I found her heartbreaking.
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May 28, 2024
May 29, 2024
Season 1 Review:
There’s a lot to love in Eric, a show in which the whole cast and crew are dedicated to creating something unique. Sadly, all this effort is often hampered by how the series leading star, Cumberbatch, is stuck in a story loop that gets in the way of everything else.
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May 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
In the end, Morgan and her collaborators (including director Lucy Forbes) are probably trying to squeeze too many concepts and tones into six episodes. But the ideas behind Eric — both the Netflix show and the cranky puppet within it — are intriguing enough, and most of the execution effective enough, that it’s always interesting, even when it’s messy.
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May 30, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Eric at least makes for a fairly quick, if unevenly paced, watch. But it’s hard not to wonder what a different version of this show might have been—one that picked a lane and stuck with it, or that was more confident in what it was ultimately trying to achieve by telling this story in the first place. Because as it stands, it’s difficult to view this one as anything other than a disappointment.
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