Tell Me You Love Me

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 9, 2007
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 25
  3. Negative: 6 out of 25
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Critic Reviews

  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    30
    There's no intrigue, no entertainment, and the show's motion, when there is any, is so s-l-o-w, it's virtually undetectable.
  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    30
    Why didn't HBO just go ahead and cut each episode of the hour-long Tell Me You Love Me to 50 minutes? The trims would have gone some way toward relieving the boredom inspired by the show's inchworm pace, and the shrink's-hour format would have made an exact fit for the spirit of the exercise.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Len Sousa
    25
    It's not the realism that brings Tell Me You Love Me down, it's the long list of unlikeable characters.
  5. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    20
    Yes, [the sex is] all very realistic, but not very hot, thanks to the fact that these are grouchy, humorless people whom we'd rather see hitting each other in the head with two-by-fours.
  6. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    20
    Tell Me You Love Me is little more than an intellectually pretentious, emotionally vapid snoozer.
  7. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Amy Finnerty
    20
    Nonorganic dialogue quickly becomes boring for viewers. The directors seem to have lavished so much energy on the choreography of the sex scenes that they have nothing left for verbal expression.

Awards & Rankings

56
#56 Best TV Season of 2007
50
#50 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
17
#17 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

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User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 43
  3. Negative: 14 out of 43
  1. BJDAS
    Dec 3, 2017
    1
    It's so hard to get interested in this show as most of the characters are either so unlikeable or pathetic. The writers appear to keepIt's so hard to get interested in this show as most of the characters are either so unlikeable or pathetic. The writers appear to keep relying on long boring sex scenes because they don't seem to be able to think of any way to develop the story. I've watched 90% of the first episode and so far, only one couple has had a 5 minute appointment with the therapist.… Full Review »
  2. Pete85
    Dec 17, 2010
    10
    I don't understand why this show got such low ratings. I am a young man, never married, but still loved this show. The acting is the mostI don't understand why this show got such low ratings. I am a young man, never married, but still loved this show. The acting is the most incredible I have seen in any TV show (and few movies top the acting). The issues are interesting and every person in a long term relationship will identify with. The ending might have been a bit too cliche; could have ended more realisticly... but that's besides the point.… Full Review »
  3. JoshlynH.
    Sep 22, 2008
    2
    It's depressing but also too contrived. Having to have the token lesbian sex scene thrown in there, was just the end for me. I guess I It's depressing but also too contrived. Having to have the token lesbian sex scene thrown in there, was just the end for me. I guess I don't understand why these people can't communicate better! Is that the point? It's sort of boring and slow. I'm really trying to like it but by the end of the show, I'm annoyed by the whole thing.… Full Review »
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