Telemarketers
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 13, 2023
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13

Critic Reviews

  1. IGN
    Reviewed by: A.A. Dowd
    Aug 28, 2023
    60
    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.

Awards & Rankings

38
#38 Best TV Season of 2023

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User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. OlivierPiel
    Aug 29, 2023
    8
    It is, first, a public service, not just your average socio-economical documentary . But even better is its main character, the closestIt is, first, a public service, not just your average socio-economical documentary . But even better is its main character, the closest thing to a modern holy fool, living a fascinating paradoxical existence. It is really a case of life surpassing art, not just imitating it. And that justifies the existence of this program alone. My only issue with the program is the tedious and repetitive description of the scamming system as if we needed to go in all the nitty gritty details of this epic Quixotic quest to prove its reality.… Full Review »
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