Lady in the Lake

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Season 1
  • Network: Apple TV+
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 19, 2024
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 31
  3. Negative: 3 out of 31

Critic Reviews

  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Roxana Hadadi
    Jul 25, 2024
    30
    After stripping Lippmann’s story of its vivid nuance, it overloads what’s left with systemic discrimination as the primary explanation for its characters’ motivations and setbacks, then drowns in the ensuing wave of sanctimony.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Aramide Tinubu
    Jul 18, 2024
    30
    Har’el buries the tale in puzzling surrealist moments. Consequently, Ingram’s Cleo is positioned as a bystander in her own story, allowing Portman’s Maddie to emerge as insufferable and obnoxious. .... The series fails to sustain any suspenseful tension. Instead, it simply regurgitates what is already known.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Saloni Gajjar
    Jul 18, 2024
    16
    Lady In The Lake is a pretentious mess unconcerned about its mystery or the inquisition into it, let alone cultivating its two leads.