Santa Clarita Diet

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 3, 2017
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 211 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 168 out of 211
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 211
  3. Negative: 21 out of 211

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  1. TheKiddy
    Apr 8, 2018
    2
    Timothy Olyphant is one of the sexiest men alive and a very strong actor with star power. None of this is in evidence in Santa Clarita Diet. They must be paying him a huge amount per episode, because this is a huge waste of talent.
  2. juxtaposed
    Mar 25, 2018
    3
    The Santa Clarita Diet does for your entertainment what the Taco Bell diet does for your body. Your appetite may feel satisfied, but once it has run its course you are essentially left with 30% satisfaction and 70% manure. In the first episode of this series, Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant were out to seemingly set the bar lower than a contortionist's limbo record. Viewers are forceThe Santa Clarita Diet does for your entertainment what the Taco Bell diet does for your body. Your appetite may feel satisfied, but once it has run its course you are essentially left with 30% satisfaction and 70% manure. In the first episode of this series, Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant were out to seemingly set the bar lower than a contortionist's limbo record. Viewers are force fed the predictable conflicts and characters are introduced in a nonchalant yet annoying way. Thankfully, with the bar set that low, the rest of the series steadily gets 'better'. I put that in quotes because the acting and writing remain at a level just above unbearable. This show attempts B-horror shoddiness and cringe humor, but does neither well. Olyphant and Barrymore were meant for bigger and better dining than what the Santa Clarita Diet offers them. The copious amounts of blood and gore are less disturbing than the contrived bad acting and blatantly lazy writing. Like watching two feral dogs doing it in an alleyway, you're grossed out and think to turn away, but something ugly in the deep core of your humanity makes you want to see it through.… Expand
  3. TheCalamity
    Feb 7, 2017
    2
    Lazily written and hammy poor acting. I think they thought they could hide behind the excuse of trying to emulate some b-horror moments. But b horror has a feel that this lacks utterly. This is a poorly executed show that straddles the line between really-bad-conventional-comedy and b-horror-tropes-by-people-that-don't-get-b-horror.

    It's pretty forgettable.
  4. discodirk46
    Feb 5, 2017
    0
    I'm a big fan of horror films, love comedy, love horror/comedy, love Drew. That being said I almost couldn't get through the first episode, not because of the gore but I just didn't find it funny. It veered into dumb territory and I like Timothy Olliphant but I don't think he works. #fail
  5. Poppypuppy
    Aug 8, 2018
    0
    This show needs serious writing improvement, the use of the F-bonb and other language is too much! Drew Barrymore shame on you as a producer and not instill better writing for the show. Being creative and actually writing more than F-bombs, etc.-takes talent. Clean it up and get some talented writers!
  6. arnolevin
    Mar 10, 2017
    0
    I cannot believe that this show even got a single rating above 2. It's awful and absurd! Barrymore's acting also seems awkward and out of place here. Comedy and Horror should stay firmly separate.

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#29 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017
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#52 Most Shared TV Season of 2017

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Nick Allen
    Nov 29, 2017
    50
    Santa Clarita Diet is a project with its curiosity factor driven solely by narrative motion, not striking comedy or worthwhile performances.
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  2. The Detroit News
    Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Feb 9, 2017
    83
    The gore level is playful, not scary, and the idea that true love conquers all, even a craving for human flesh, permeates the show. Sheila, Joel and Abby can still live the American dream, it will just taste a bit odd.
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  3. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Caroline Framke
    Feb 6, 2017
    70
    Once everyone settles into a rhythm of absurdity, Santa Clarita Diet sharpens right up. It just takes a few episodes for everyone to figure things out.
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