Swimming with Sharks

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Season 1
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7

Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Apr 18, 2022
    60
    We don’t love Swimming With Sharks, because of its trashy-for-trashiness’ sake nature and the fact that the story feels fairly predictable. But Shipka’s performance keeps the show from getting really campy.
  2. Sioux City Journal
    Reviewed by: Bruce Miller
    Apr 15, 2022
    60
    Pre-pandemic, this might have been a juicy potboiler. Now, it’s just a slap away from being dated. ... Unlike the 1994 one, there’s not enough of the snide humor that made it so deliciously evil. Kruger gives it a Sharon Stone vibe, but she isn’t given enough lines that would make her seem smarter than others in the room.
  3. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Apr 14, 2022
    58
    It’s a cynical and often predictable look at the seamy side of the entertainment industry.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Apr 4, 2022
    40
    There’s here’s little new on offer here. ... But of all the things this show could say about power — how it works, how it shifts over time, how the attempt to obtain it transforms us — simply saying that it’s dangerous isn’t good enough.