MerPeople

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: May 23, 2023
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4

Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Jun 15, 2023
    60
    It is a splash around in the shallows, charming and melancholy by turns, but still a testimony to the endless ingenuity of humanity and how much it yearns to heal itself.
  2. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jun 15, 2023
    50
    As these kind of programming oddities go, though, this docuseries doesn’t work either as train-wreck TV or an anthropological dive into what motivates people to engage in this activity. Based on that and the three-hour viewing commitment, there’s just not enough here to merit making “MerPeople” part of your world.