• Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 21, 2021
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
42

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 12
  2. Negative: 5 out of 12

Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Barbara Speed
    Dec 3, 2021
    60
    As a viewer, the big reveals were good fun, even as we, unlike the participants, were disappointed.
  2. Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Jul 21, 2021
    50
    We’re really just recommending Sexy Beasts for Rob Delaney’s narration. The rest of the show is just weird at times, creepy at others.
  3. Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    Jul 19, 2021
    50
    At times it’s like watching single-cell organisms trying to make conversation. ... “Sexy Beasts” is interesting, nonetheless, with little moments of revelation mixed in with the silliness.
  4. Reviewed by: Saloni Gajjar
    Jul 19, 2021
    42
    Attention to detail doesn’t extend past the makeup, as the show is neither subversive nor insightful. The predictability of the final choices even takes the mindless fun out of it.
  5. Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Jul 19, 2021
    40
    The brief episodes are so relentless in terms of establishing the situation, explaining the format, setting up a panoply of individual dates, and providing endless and witless editorial comment, that little sparkles through the spackle. And the makeup applied to the competitors lacks the verve and oddity of the costuming on “The Masked Singer.” It’s all technically perfect — transforming young and eligible people into zombies, trolls, beavers, and dolphins. But this seamlessness leaves little room for personality.