Flesh and Bone
Starz | Release Date: November 8, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
9
Negative:
4
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30
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraNov 6, 2015
Season 1 Review: Walley-Beckett could have easily told a much simpler tale with greater effect--it's not as if ballet drama is such a crowded field that a writer needs a new twist. Instead, she weighs down the real drama with clichés, lurid B plot and lots of absurd nudity. Read full review
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The New York TimesMike HaleNov 6, 2015
Season 1 Review: What’s undeniable is that Flesh and Bone is impossible to take seriously, which might be the point, though it presents its steamy soap opera absurdities with an awfully straight face--there’s no indication that there’s a joke we’re supposed to be in on. Read full review
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Uncle BarkyEd BarkNov 6, 2015
Season 1 Review: Flesh and Bone is to the art of the dance what the laughable Showgirls was to the Las Vegas flesh market. Except that the art of the dance in Flesh and Bone also includes stripping to help make ends meet. What emerges is a thorough mess on a grandiose scale. Read full review
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SlateWilla PaskinNov 6, 2015
Season 1 Review: Flesh and Bone is, from the very start, pretty obviously a bad television show, a pretentiously somber affair punctuated by bursts of camp. Read full review
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