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Critic Reviews
Nov 29, 2017
Season 2 Review:
The show itself teeters between the darkness of this mafioso underworld and the sheer absurdity of it all without fully leaning into either. The result is a tepid con game. It’s fine, but it’s not something you’d anxiously return to each week--which might be why Hulu is dropping all the episodes at once.
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IndieWireDec 6, 2016
Dec 5, 2016
Season 1 Review:
If Shut Eye had the foresight to focus on Linda (KaDee Strickland), it might have avoided turning into a meandering muddle of subplots. [9 Dec 2016, p.57]
Dec 7, 2016
Season 1 Review:
If you used to be a “Burn Notice” devotee, and have re-watched every “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” episode to the point that the episodes have lost their sheen, you may find something enjoy here. That something may be Donovan’s performance. The actor lends a remarkable sensitivity to what could be an entirely odious character.
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UPROXXDec 6, 2016
Season 1 Review:
There are a lot of moving parts, some of which work quite well (Mel Harris as a wealthy but naive client who thinks the Haverfords are saving her from a short con when they’re really setting her up for a long one), others of which grind the show to a halt (Dylan Schmid as the inevitable troublemaking teenage son).
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Dec 6, 2016
Season 1 Review:
When Shut Eye focuses on the often separate-but-equal storylines of Linda and Charlie, it’s intriguing; the more it peels off into a tedious storyline about their son’s high school life or the illegal doings of Rossellini’s gangster empire or the strong-arm tactics of the gangster (you’ll wince at a death-by-boiling-oil in a doughnut shop), the more diffuse the series becomes.
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ColliderDec 7, 2016
Season 1 Review:
The just-sufficient fascination of the entire operation is owed almost exclusively to the cast, with special nods to Donovan, Strickland, and the indomitable Rossellini. The rest of Shut Eye is engaging only at the most base level, and fails to conjure the menace, magic, or all-around strangeness of a life made passing messages along from beyond this plain of existence, whether genuine or not.
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TV Guide MagazineDec 1, 2016
Season 1 Review:
As the tone careens from kinky sex to caper to unearned tragedy, one might consider actual shut-eye a relief. [5-18 Dec 2016, p.23]
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