Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret
  • Network: Lifetime
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 22, 2013
Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7

Critic Reviews

  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Jun 19, 2013
    75
    Raymonde and Soffer are so good they deserve Emmy noms.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Jun 24, 2013
    60
    Viewers who were glued to the trial may note a misplaced detail here and there, but in general they are likely to find this 87-minute movie a solid summation of Arias’ disintegration.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Allison Keene
    Jun 20, 2013
    50
    Mostly, it feels like a big missed opportunity.
  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Jun 19, 2013
    50
    Yes, Arias (Tania Raymonde), comes off as a narcissistic, sexually manipulative psycho, but because we never get a convincing take on Alexander (Jesse Lee Soffer), the film is confusing.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lindsey Bahr
    Jun 19, 2013
    50
    Lifetime's take on the ripped-from-the-headlines Jodi Arias murder trial suffers from cheesy writing and an uncharismatic lead performance from Jesse Lee Soffer. [21 Jun 2013, p.60]
  7. Zap2it (Inside the Box)
    Reviewed by: Rick Porter
    Jun 24, 2013
    40
    Lifetime chose to tell a by-the-numbers tale of passion gone wrong rather than the potentially compelling (if lurid) courtroom story that played out on news channels for weeks earlier this year.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Geoff Berkshire
    Jun 19, 2013
    40
    Any guilty-pleasure potential is spoiled by the unsettling aftertaste of a real person losing his life to make the movie possible.

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User Score
4.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 5 out of 9
  1. shellview
    Jun 27, 2013
    5
    Having followed the trial I was disappointed. The trial itself was much more riveting than this film. It felt as though the movie was rushedHaving followed the trial I was disappointed. The trial itself was much more riveting than this film. It felt as though the movie was rushed to TV since so little time was spent on the post-arrest story. This story would have been better served as miniseries or at very least a two-parter. The acting was quite good but this was not enough to raise this TV movie above average.… Full Review »
  2. jgzeger
    Jun 24, 2013
    8
    This is an entertaining, well-directed and well-acted made for TV movie with special mention going to Tania Raymonde as Jodi Arias. HavingThis is an entertaining, well-directed and well-acted made for TV movie with special mention going to Tania Raymonde as Jodi Arias. Having following the trial, I believe it is a fair representation of the both Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander as it doesn't fall in the trap of depicting Jodi as being all evil and Travis as saintly.… Full Review »
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