Giri / Haji

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Season 1
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 33
  3. Negative: 5 out of 33
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  1. SimboTheKing
    May 18, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This show is a crime show exploring the effects of a Yakuza crime in both England and Japan. It's a bit soapy as it heavily explores the lives of many characters both before and in the context of this crime.

    Good:
    Very believable acting
    Relatively complex story which touches on a lot of topics
    Great cinematography

    Bad:
    Some of the more surreal bits fell flat (the dancing wtf)
    Story had some bits that broke believability a lot    … Expand

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Jan 10, 2020
    70
    A professionally mounted and consistently engaging regurgitation of stock crime-fiction archetypes and entanglements, it’s a bilingual work (available now) less interested in reinvention than in solid, straightforward dramatic thrills. On that count, the series achieves its modest goals—and, thanks to a few unexpected flourishes, occasionally exceeds them.
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  2. Paste Magazine
    Reviewed by: Allison Keene
    Jan 9, 2020
    95
    Giri / Haji is a smart series that rewards your attention (and a bit of a slow start as it builds) as a deeply satisfying story. Its ambiguous ending also somehow feels complete, because the shame part of the narrative has been addressed for everyone. Though it would be wonderful to spend more time in this world with a second season, there is a palpable and beautiful sense of healing that has ended this one.
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  3. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Jan 7, 2020
    80
    There is an artfulness to this drama -- the split screen, the surprise shift to cartoon animation -- that promises it won't be just another international crime tale. For its sake I hope Sharpe will be centre-stage.
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