The Crowded Room
Apple TV+ | Release Date: June 8, 2023
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
15
Negative:
7

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 12, 2023
Season 1 Review: A couple of the performances here are pitched at a level that’s almost engaging. But wandering through vivid recreations of New York’s (gay) club scene on the cusp of New Wave, London stock footage exteriors and generic interiors becomes almost sleep inducing. There are NO STAKES IN “The Crowded Room.” Read full review
37
RogerEbert.comNandini BalialJun 8, 2023
Season 1 Review: At best, these 10 hours of Apple TV’s latest drama will provide some background noise while you fold laundry, but at worst, this is the shallowest dramatic exploration of mental illness in some time. Read full review
30
VarietyAlison HermanJun 9, 2023
Season 1 Review: By being so oblique about Danny’s true nature, “The Crowded Room” is left with a vacuum where a hook should be, one it declines to fill with a compelling pitch. .... “The Crowded Room” squanders ample resources in its unsuccessful efforts. Read full review
30
CNNBrian LowryJun 9, 2023
Season 1 Review: The story (loosely inspired by the book “The Minds of Billy Milligan”) can’t help but feel gimmicky in dragging out the narrative before beginning to fill in its many gaps in mostly predictable ways. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussJun 6, 2023
Season 1 Review: Rya, a character with interesting conflicts and compromised motives, gets backed into a savior corner. And Danny’s true nature is depicted with so much hocus pocus — or just plain hokum — that Holland’s often crowded out of his own role. Read full review
10
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJun 2, 2023
Season 1 Review: A 10-part fiasco. .... It leaves its actors with nothing to work with but mushy, maudlin nonsense. Read full review
0
NewsdayRobert LevinJun 9, 2023
Season 1 Review: It's hard to imagine a worse show. Read full review
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