Nip/Tuck

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Season 4
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 22, 2003
Season #: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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Critic Reviews

  1. Denver Post
    Reviewed by: Joanne Ostrow
    Jan 21, 2014
    60
    If you can get past the showy physicality, there's real meat here...Unfortunately, the series is frequently its own worst enemy...Every so often, (it feels like every few scenes), the visuals overwhelm the content, and it's clear the producers are intent on using every bit of license that cable networks allow. Story is overwhelmed by effects. It all becomes "deeply superficial," without the ironic twist. [1 Sept 2006, p.F-01]
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  2. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Jan 21, 2014
    50
    Murphy's writing has never been especially fond of subtlety - give him a fly to kill, and he'll ask for a brick of C4 - but this version of Nip/Tuck more closely resembles the show the fans fell in love with instead of the one they thought they wanted with The Carver story. [5 Sept 2006, p.27]
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  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Jan 21, 2014
    50
    Nip/Tuck is aiming for profundity again, as far as that goes. At one point the series catch phrase said something about being more than skin deep, but I'm not sure the scalpel even scratches the fatty layer anymore. Understand that Nip/Tuck was never about adventurous quality or exploring new frontiers in emotional depth. It's just the handsomest, indecently pleasurable soap opera television can crank out, and a reliable supplier of muscular butt shots. [5 Sept 2006, p.E1]
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  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    Jan 21, 2014
    40
    Nip/Tuck proves its own point: Plastic surgery isn’t magic. At some point the cracks beneath the surface and other signs of age will out.