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Critic Reviews
IndieWireAug 14, 2023
Sep 5, 2023
Season 1 Review:
In traditional media, Pespas’s history of addiction would be a credibility killer. Here it’s a sign of his authenticity. .... The wobbly final episode only glancingly acknowledges the ways that telemarketing tactics have evolved since C.D.G.’s day, now that A.I. has rendered flesh-and-blood employees largely obsolete and call scripts capitalize on political strife by framing donations as protests against police reform. But, when it becomes clear that there’s no real conclusion to this story, the lack of closure feels right.
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Aug 28, 2023
Season 1 Review:
But whether purely by accident or as a byproduct of Lipman-Stern and Pespas growing into their role, "Telemarketers" successfully shows us the structural and psychological reasons enabling this wide-reaching industry to thrive, and it in the main it all circles back to our societies tangled relationship with the cops.
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Aug 18, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The series pairs their fish-out-of-water vibe with some structurally smart choices to keep us immersed even as Lipman-Stern hits various dead ends, including its use of episodic cliffhangers, the way it integrates Lipman-Stern’s narration and exposition, and its centering of the hyperearnest Pespas.
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Aug 11, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Telemarketers got me a little angry and outraged, but not as much as I might have hoped, given the topic. However, I laughed a lot and, thanks to Pat’s willingness to expose his frailties to the camera, I found an appreciation for Sam and Pat and their fellowship and their quest.
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RogerEbert.comAug 14, 2023
Season 1 Review:
As much as you want "Telemarketers" to have a more direct focus for its David v. Goliath exposé, it's not about that, and sometimes that is frustrating. But because we see it all with such humanizing honesty, Lipman-Stern's intricate care for this world and its greatest injustices becomes our own.
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Aug 11, 2023
Aug 28, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Telemarketers is gripping whenever it's focusing on the party-hard, Wolf of Wall Street culture of the call center or tracing the swindles of shady fundraising operations outward to powerful police unions and politicians with hands tied. It's much less interesting once it becomes more invested in the filmmakers' Michael Moorian quests to land interviews; they keep interrupting their exposé for scenes of them planning an exposé.
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