Fatal Attraction (2023)

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Season 1
Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 25
  3. Negative: 5 out of 25

Critic Reviews

  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Richard Roeper
    Apr 28, 2023
    37
    Despite the fine performances and the first-rate production values, “Fatal Attraction” rides completely off the rails in those final episodes, leaving us with nothing more than the urge to revisit the original to see how it holds up and to completely forget about this misfire.
  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    May 1, 2023
    30
    The series version of Fatal Attraction lacks the danger and tension the film had, and there isn’t enough story to compensate for expanding the two hour movie into an eight-hour series.
  3. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Max Covill
    Apr 25, 2023
    25
    As a remaking of an essential erotic thriller, there’s not much thrill to be found.
  5. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Coleman Spilde
    Apr 25, 2023
    20
    This is a soulless, styleless, and mostly sexless miniseries that does nothing besides spend eight hours posturing.
  6. Time
    Reviewed by: Judy Berman
    Apr 28, 2023
    10
    A disaster. ... The show’s thematic disappointments are exacerbated by structural ones. ... The chemistry between him [Jackson] and Caplan leaves much to be desired. While Huss, Peet, and Jirrels are all reliably solid in supporting roles, a few of the tertiary performances are distractingly bad.