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
75
The A.V. ClubKate KulzickFeb 27, 2015
Season 1 Review: Those tired of murder mysteries will find little here to pique their interest, but for fans of the genre (or Phillippe), there’s plenty to like, making for engaging, if not appointment, viewing. Read full review
70
The OregonianKristi TurnquistFeb 26, 2015
Season 1 Review: Lewis and Philippe have enough chemistry that his underplaying and her overplaying are a match made in whodunnit heaven. Secrets and Lies likely won't be earning any Emmy nominations, but it promises to be a juicy foray into melodramatic escapism, and sometimes, that's just what the TV-viewing evening calls for. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanFeb 26, 2015
Season 1 Review: With a strong cast (Lewis and Phillippe in particular), the buy-in here is easy. Whether it can reach the creative heights of, say, Broadchurch, which has a similar story, remains to be seen. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniFeb 26, 2015
Season 1 Review: Secrets & Lies pits Ryan Phillippe and Juliette Lewis in an intense if sometimes overboiled battle of wills over the murder of a 4-year-old boy. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryFeb 26, 2015
Season 1 Review: Secrets and Lies is a solid, twisty version of the increasingly popular murdered-kid-sets-series-in-motion formula. Read full review
67
NewsdayDiane WertsFeb 26, 2015
Season 1 Review: It feels observed, rather than lived in. Enacted, rather than unfolding. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoFeb 26, 2015
Season 1 Review: Caught in this Kafkaesque nightmare, Phillippe struggles to retain some sense of reality, and he almost achieves it. But the script and his fellow actors derail him at every turn, and what begins as disquieting quickly morphs into comical. Read full review
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