Secrets and Lies
ABC | Release Date: March 1, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
9
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
37
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonMar 2, 2015
Season 1 Review: The writing is clunky, Phillippe is stiff and Lewis overacts like a cop in some parody of cop shows. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraMar 2, 2015
Season 1 Review: Secrets and Lies suffers from an American tendency to speed up and overplay, to force emotion rather than evoke it. Just as suspicion takes a little time to grow and spread, so does sophistication. But this series seems to be in a very big hurry to be over, which almost guarantees that audiences will be too. Read full review
30
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoFeb 25, 2015
Season 1 Review: After a relatively strong premiere, ABC’s thriller quickly becomes overheated, overwritten, and generally convoluted garbage. Read full review
20
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzMar 2, 2015
Season 1 Review: Ryan Phillippe does the blank thing well. Juliette Lewis, once American cinema's liveliest eccentric, is drained of life.... This show runs ten weeks. I'm out. Read full review
20
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenFeb 27, 2015
Season 1 Review: One of the worst murder-mysteries to come along in a while, ABC’s Secrets & Lies is completely undone by its casting and writing. Read full review
16
The Lincoln Journal StarJeff KorbelikMar 2, 2015
Season 1 Review: It’s poorly written with a bunch of things happening in the pilot that just don’t make sense. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandFeb 23, 2015
Season 1 Review: Secrets and Lies starts out stale and predictable, which really does save so much time, especially for viewers who should immediately find something else to watch. Read full review
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