Mindhunter

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 13, 2017
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 436 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 394 out of 436
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 436
  3. Negative: 26 out of 436
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  1. CaMcG
    Nov 5, 2017
    0
    I just don't get the praise for this show. To me the acting comes off stiff, stilted, forced and very amateurish--think high school play. The delivery and timing is just off and the "witty banter" isn't. I found the characters unconvincing--I felt like I was watching practice takes, with the actors still learning their lines and pacing. Maybe it's not completely their fault, maybe theI just don't get the praise for this show. To me the acting comes off stiff, stilted, forced and very amateurish--think high school play. The delivery and timing is just off and the "witty banter" isn't. I found the characters unconvincing--I felt like I was watching practice takes, with the actors still learning their lines and pacing. Maybe it's not completely their fault, maybe the writing and directing share some of the responsibility. I couldn't finish the first episode--and not because it was slow, I just couldn't keep subjecting myself to the acting.… Expand
  2. Deanomite
    Oct 29, 2017
    2
    It started the season very well, a forensic police procedural with a heavy emphasis on real psychology. Anna Torv (Fringe) was wonderful but her character had no room to roam. The girlfriend of the lead had the most potential, a fascinating intelligent self aware girl. However, halfway through the season the potential evaporates into a bunch of gender battles and super whining. It'sIt started the season very well, a forensic police procedural with a heavy emphasis on real psychology. Anna Torv (Fringe) was wonderful but her character had no room to roam. The girlfriend of the lead had the most potential, a fascinating intelligent self aware girl. However, halfway through the season the potential evaporates into a bunch of gender battles and super whining. It's almost like the first half was written by a brilliant writer with a strong focused vision. The second half was written by his whiny controlling girlfriend. I could see a second season being closer to the House of Cards caliber that Netflix is capable of. I love to see Netflix making big gambles on bold choices, and the competition to the bloated advertisements that is cable, they just need to let their shows cook a little more. We will be patient for good quality, I promise.… Expand
  3. crh999
    Oct 25, 2017
    3
    This show is boring as **** . If you enjoy watching people attend remedial college classes and hang out talking about their crap lives than this show is for you. I really tried to get into "Mindhunter" but so far I think it should be called "Storyhunter"...cause thats what it needs..a story..its soooooooooo boring. Im only on episode 3, but its like totally Gilmore girling me with thisThis show is boring as **** . If you enjoy watching people attend remedial college classes and hang out talking about their crap lives than this show is for you. I really tried to get into "Mindhunter" but so far I think it should be called "Storyhunter"...cause thats what it needs..a story..its soooooooooo boring. Im only on episode 3, but its like totally Gilmore girling me with this boring ass, table tennis style, talky- talk dialogue...less talk more action...JESUS CHRIST!!!! BOOOOOOO… Expand
  4. seaking
    Oct 28, 2017
    3
    The first episode is all you need to see. Overly theatrical and unrealistic characters. When does a room full of small town cops all borderline cry over criminal cases(never). And also, the chemistry between the characters is laughable. If you want to watch a show that rivals Flashpoint on cringiness, go ahead, this show is for you.
  5. cotedor
    Oct 14, 2017
    3
    it is watchable, but they could have cut out all that family kinda nonsense, its taking a ot of time of the series, and its going nowhere. would have liked a lot more if they stayed close to the central idea of what this series was about, dont understand why they turn this into a family drama series. liked the idea at the start, will defenetly not contineu to watch this. want to ad thatit is watchable, but they could have cut out all that family kinda nonsense, its taking a ot of time of the series, and its going nowhere. would have liked a lot more if they stayed close to the central idea of what this series was about, dont understand why they turn this into a family drama series. liked the idea at the start, will defenetly not contineu to watch this. want to ad that the woman in this show look like they need something to eat soon :)… Expand
  6. Mazzuchelli
    Nov 8, 2017
    1
    Good cast, predictable plotlines. The writers have a need to telegraph their left wing bona fides which leads me to tune to a different show and purveyor.
  7. marco34la
    Oct 15, 2017
    2
    I was so damn excited to watch this series -- it looked and sounded great. Watching it, however, is quite a different story. It couldn't be more BLAND. The energy is way too low key and the acting by the lead character is almost robotic. If you see any other user reviews who use words like "gripping, thriller, etc..." then, most likely, that user works for netflix or the productionI was so damn excited to watch this series -- it looked and sounded great. Watching it, however, is quite a different story. It couldn't be more BLAND. The energy is way too low key and the acting by the lead character is almost robotic. If you see any other user reviews who use words like "gripping, thriller, etc..." then, most likely, that user works for netflix or the production company associated with the series.

    It focuses on the minds of serial killers --- BUT --- it's all after-the-fact via interviews with prisoners who TELL their stories, but we never have the suspense or thrills or unsettling experiences of SEEING the murders take place. When a viewer just "hears" about a crime, it makes everything one dimensional and uninteresting.    … Expand
  8. Parlour
    Nov 20, 2017
    1
    Alas, the Emperors new clothes are out in full force again. With this unflinchingly reductive, banal, superficial piece of phoniness plied neck-high in exposition and lacklustre performances, Fincher proves himself more soulless than ever -- and without Haris Sevedes to add a little warmth and humanity to his ice-cold frames devoid of much if any real humanity, nor a decent writer toAlas, the Emperors new clothes are out in full force again. With this unflinchingly reductive, banal, superficial piece of phoniness plied neck-high in exposition and lacklustre performances, Fincher proves himself more soulless than ever -- and without Haris Sevedes to add a little warmth and humanity to his ice-cold frames devoid of much if any real humanity, nor a decent writer to strip this first-draft quality script of its slathered-on exposition -- the pilot falls so flat out of the gate it's a shock it even got made. The journey is about as bland as the leading actor (as bland as any may have come across in recent memory) who - at the risk of sounding catty, but honest - must either be someone's brother, lover, or subject of some weird meta-experiment in bad casting to have landed the role. This is proper dross dressed up as fake-finery -- an aggressively pretentious, hokey, exploitative (then again it's Fincher after all) stab at yet another serial killer yarn with an amateur in charge of the dialogue, so much so that one wonders if any proper research but for cursory reference into the subject ever took place, let alone inquiry into what actually makes a killer tick. Forced to swallow dialogue that not only feels phony but would make the most verbose, desperate-to-impress author blush, one is left feeling this is insipid, uninspired, seen it all before, soullessly framed trash done a million times better if not a dozen times before. In fact, you're far better off skipping this shanked, derivative mind-numbing dullardness and watch Silence Of The Lambs again. Or the original Mindhunter film. Now there's a story worth watching. F -… Expand
  9. KarelV
    Oct 13, 2017
    0
    Thrills without the thrills.

    Bad casting and Bored. This is the last Fincher thing I will ever be a fan of.

    Emotion is washed away like blood down the drain. I want the hours of my life back. Groff is interesting for... a teen magazine, but... Mindslumper... wow. That was boring for most of my night.
  10. cjm64
    Feb 1, 2018
    2
    Bloody awful, like a made-for-tv movie. Slow. Bland. Wooden acting. Bad dialogue and far too much of it. I forced myself to finish the first episode in case it got better. It didn't. Maybe it eventually improves, but I'm not sticking around to find out. There's too much other good TV out there to watch.
  11. Broyax
    Sep 28, 2022
    2
    Deux agents du FBI enseignent la psychologie criminelle ou ce qui s’apparente à de la psychologie criminelle tout en cherchant de nouvelles méthodes d’interrogatoire et d’investigation et… de profilage, en compagnie d’une experte universitaire en la matière, une matière encore balbutiante dans ces années 70…

    Des années 70 qui ont vu (déjà) moult criminels commettre des crimes abjects et    Deux agents du FBI enseignent la psychologie criminelle ou ce qui s’apparente à de la psychologie criminelle tout en cherchant de nouvelles méthodes d’interrogatoire et d’investigation et… de profilage, en compagnie d’une experte universitaire en la matière, une matière encore balbutiante dans ces années 70…

    Des années 70 qui ont vu (déjà) moult criminels commettre des crimes abjects et parmi eux bien évidemment, des psychopathes ! comprendre ces dégénérés peut bien sûr aider dans les enquêtes et partant, en arrêter d’autres… du moins, en théorie.

    Nos deux agents vont donc interroger des tarés ici et là, dans toutes les taules du pays mais en profitent aussi de temps en temps pour aider la police locale dans des affaires non résolues bien dégueulasses et sordides. L’ambiance est bien restituée et pour cause puisque la série est chapeautée par David Fincher qui a rassemblé ici des éléments (et des façons de faire) de ses deux précédents films dans le genre scabreux, à savoir Seven et Zodiac.

    Hélas, au bout de quelques épisodes, la routine s’installe et le fil conducteur s’avère trop ténu pour maintenir l’attention (et la tension) d’une part des tarés en zonzon, d’autre part des tarés suspectés d’avoir découpé, noyé, tabassé, mutilé, découpé etc telle ou telle victime… ou bien en passe de commettre telle ou telle atrocité.

    En effet, la répétition s’installe et on a surtout l’impression d’assister à un duo des inspecteurs Derrick et Columbo… (fussent-ils du FBI ou non, ça ne change rien à l’affaire). Par ailleurs, la série s’étale trop sur la vie privée de nos flics (et de la femme universitaire) avec par dessus le marché un agenda sous-jacent SJW et woke trop appuyé (et trop évident).

    De fait, on baille trop souvent aux corneilles malgré un nombre limité d’épisodes (19 sur deux saisons pour l’instant) ; la série loupe le coche et s’étire en longueurs inutiles malgré le soin de sa mise en scène et les comédiens qui font de leur mieux. Il faut dire aussi que sa lenteur générale n’aide pas non plus ! mon esprit s’est barré ailleurs…    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#46 Best TV Season of 2017
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#16 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017
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#14 Most Shared TV Season of 2017

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    Dec 15, 2017
    80
    “All the world is not, of course, a stage, but the crucial ways in which it isn’t are not easy to specify.” The writers (led by Penhall) and the directors (who include David Fincher) of “Mindhunter” play with this and related ideas about masks, frames, screens, and true selves in a distinct tone. As the show flows from mode to mode--slow-burn horror, arch workplace comedy, buddy-cop road movie--it returns its attention to performers, and to the daily problem of giving an audience what it wants.
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  2. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Chuck Bowen
    Oct 23, 2017
    88
    Mindhunter is addictive and resonant for its mining of two evocative forms of social contrast. The terrific cast informs Fincher and creator Joe Penhall's sociological schematic with a human element that's unusual for a crime procedural, and the series has a piercing sense of how macro influences micro culture.
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  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Oct 20, 2017
    80
    It’s a head trip, a cerebral consideration of all the terrifying things that can go wrong inside the minds of murderers and men. ... Mindhunter locates its drama in interrogations. The show is, in essence, a string of short plays, two- and three-handers featuring Ford, Tench, and a vile murderer in a room.
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