Stay Close
Netflix | Release Date: December 31, 2021
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianLucy ManganJan 3, 2022
Season 1 Review: Stay Close promises more of almost exactly the same – including Richard Armitage, who is now seedy photographer Ray and, by the end of the opening episode, about to become firmly tied into the main plot. Read full review
60
The IndependentEllie HarrisonJan 3, 2022
Season 1 Review: It is, I must admit, quite entertaining. If you can swallow the clichés and the cheesy, conspicuous score, you might actually end up caring what happens to Megan. And whether Izzard perks up enough to get any lines. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleChris VognarJan 3, 2022
Season 1 Review: “Stay Close” builds its puzzle slowly, through subliminal editing of past violence and through the silences in what the characters don’t say to each other — empty spaces that invite us to imagine what happened to these people all those years ago. Read full review
40
Radio TimesDavid CraigJan 3, 2022
Season 1 Review: The characters feel more like plot devices than people who could really exist, with Stay Close seeing them go through the motions to gradually reveal the secret behind a paint-by-numbers mystery story. The whole thing ends with an obligatory twist, which to be fair I didn’t see coming, but it’s hardly worth the eight hours of tedium it takes to get there. Read full review
40
The TelegraphAnita Singh Jan 3, 2022
Season 1 Review: Nesbitt can’t decide whether to take this seriously or not. ... If you’re after a mindless bingeathon – and there’s no shame in that, after the year we’ve just had – then watch away. Just don’t expect it to make any sense. Read full review
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