The Capture

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Jul 14, 2020
    60
    It's a twisty journey that starts as a grounded exploration of the Panopticon-esque paranoia of the British surveillance state. That it eventually becomes something convoluted and vaguely silly is a disappointment, but the six hour-long episodes at least kept me curious throughout.
  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Apr 16, 2020
    60
    The question of what she has seen is the carrot that dangles before us, pulling us through the rest of an hour that without it would threaten to be very lacklustre indeed.
  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jul 9, 2020
    52
    A conspiracy thriller, this 2019 British import offers a whiplash-inducing premiere that goes from, “This is a ridiculous investigation that appears to lack a crime” to “How is that possible?”
  5. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Chuck Bowen
    Jul 9, 2020
    50
    A newer element of our surveillance state, social media, is mentioned obligatorily but is barely explored. The Capture sucks the juice out of its pop-cultural reference points, failing to mine our current nightmares on its own terms.
  6. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Kelly Lawler
    Jul 15, 2020
    40
    Dull and forgettable. ... Feels more Mad Libs than original, a little "Bodyguard," a little "Homeland," a little "Broadchurch" mixed together.