Mayfair Witches

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Season 1
  • Network: AMC , AMC+
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 8, 2023
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13

Critic Reviews

  1. IGN
    Reviewed by: Samantha Nelson
    Jun 1, 2023
    50
    While there are some promising moments, Mayfair Witches fails to offer much to really hook in viewers who aren’t already excited about a shared Anne Rice universe on AMC.
  2. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Bill Goodykoontz
    Mar 13, 2023
    50
    An AMC series that is occasionally fun but overall way too slow and careful, despite dripping with Gothic horror tropes.
  3. The Mercury News
    Reviewed by: Randy Myers
    Jan 13, 2023
    50
    While there are surprising turns, and the series does improve as it progresses, “Witches” never grabs you with the power that “Interview” did. Stick to the books instead.
  5. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jan 12, 2023
    50
    Plays like a weak Gothic stepsister to last year’s more compellingly erotic AMC adaptation of Rice’s Interview With the Vampire. [16 - 29 Jan 2023, p.6]
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Jan 3, 2023
    50
    There’s a bit too much dross amid what works. ... Through it all, Daddario proves herself an able performer once again. Even as one wishes something more from the show surrounding her, she makes the part her own.
  7. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jan 9, 2023
    45
    Barring a yet-untapped reservoir of magic, this tepid cauldron of gothic horror looks like the product of plenty of toil that, as viewing commitments go, might not be worth the trouble.
  8. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Jenna Scherer
    Jan 4, 2023
    42
    A paint-by-numbers take on the supernatural melodrama genre, working from a palette of dull grays and washed-out blues. Everyone involved seems to be sleepwalking through each plodding story beat.
  9. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Dec 7, 2023
    40
    Fundamentally, the show is not frightening. It’s not even unsettling, which is a baseline requirement. Only Hamlin embraces the baroque nature of the tale; everyone else trudges through as if appearing in the kind of forgettable films that Channel 5 shows at 2pm on a Tuesday.
  10. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Jan 10, 2023
    40
    A disappointment, a superficial and miscast take that left me cold. The themes of empowered women coping with male oppression are still in the mix, but what a dull mix it is.
  11. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Nick Allen
    Jan 6, 2023
    40
    It's the general sullen nature of the series that sucks the life out of a few of its figures—despite having such a unique life's work, Ciprien is too bland thanks to his grave seriousness.

Awards & Rankings

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#84 Most Discussed TV Season of 2023

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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: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 4 out of 9
  1. Psylen
    Jan 11, 2023
    9
    So far it's far and away a better show than Interview. Firstly, because it fulfills where Interview did not: the lingering and creepySo far it's far and away a better show than Interview. Firstly, because it fulfills where Interview did not: the lingering and creepy atmosphere. Secondly, because the main characters aren't insufferably smug and off-putting. And thirdly, because it understands what made the source material great and it leans into that, despite the changes, rather than leaning away from the actual hooks of the original novels. Excited to see more, whereas I only made it 2/3rd of the way through the first Interview season before wondering why I was even watching anymore.… Full Review »
  2. puna
    Jan 8, 2023
    4
    This is such a disappointment especially airing just after the outstanding other Rice series Interview with a Vampire. This is poorly acted,This is such a disappointment especially airing just after the outstanding other Rice series Interview with a Vampire. This is poorly acted, poorly written and so NOT sexy as most of Anne Rice novels are.… Full Review »
  3. tromperie
    Mar 3, 2023
    2
    I'm always willing to suspend my disbelief for this kind of story, as long as it has its own logic. This just makes no sense and the actingI'm always willing to suspend my disbelief for this kind of story, as long as it has its own logic. This just makes no sense and the acting tends to show that the actors don't believe it either. Worse, they just renewed it and doubled the error.… Full Review »
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