The Fall

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 141 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 110 out of 141
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 141
  3. Negative: 18 out of 141
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  1. see-the-world
    Mar 10, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just awful.

    I have tried to push through this mindless series and it's a chore.

    The cops, the victims, the people surrounding the killer are clueless. The killer is reckless. This should have been solved in the second episode. My God they have a drawing of him! They have him on film! He's been to the police station! He even helped the girl on the train by drawing his beard in the picture!

    It doesn't matter what he does, who sees him and even IF someone does know(the teenager).

    I haven't finished season 2 but I can imagine that the only way they catch him is if he walks into the police station and scream: "Here I am!"

    So many things should have given him away(can his wife be any dumber)and yet he does what he wants.

    At least make him clever. Don't make the people pursuing him stupid.    … Expand
  2. myksal
    Dec 6, 2014
    1
    We used to talk about "seeing " a movie, but so many new films are shot without lighting, you really can't see much. I barely made it through the first episode, which wasn't interesting enough to sit through any more. Very little story development, characters of little interest. Kind of a long variation of "Criminal Minds."
  3. cmullen84
    Sep 26, 2015
    3
    I only watched the first episode and part of the second. The show is boring and slow. Gillian Anderson gives a flat, emotionless performance. I've never seen anyone look so bored in a sex scene.
  4. JimneyC
    Dec 28, 2015
    3
    Whereas American mystery and crime shows can wrap up crimes in sixty minutes less commercials, it takes the Brits two to three seasons. Somewhere in the middle would be ideal. As much as one can become immersed in the " The Fall" storyline, the endless dreariness and requisite incompetence to carry it, renders the story into a gloomy, and logically intolerable mess. After two seasons onWhereas American mystery and crime shows can wrap up crimes in sixty minutes less commercials, it takes the Brits two to three seasons. Somewhere in the middle would be ideal. As much as one can become immersed in the " The Fall" storyline, the endless dreariness and requisite incompetence to carry it, renders the story into a gloomy, and logically intolerable mess. After two seasons on the same story, there's no reason to carry it to another.… Expand
  5. JustShai
    Mar 31, 2016
    2
    I have one rule of thumb when it comes to TV series: if it hasnt hooked me in the first 15 minutes I move on to something more stimulating. I must say.,fan that I am of most BBC series, intrigued as I was about the plot, and curious of what the fuss was about I turned on my Netflix and was prepared to binge watch a show with positive reviews..BUT...( sigh)..what an utter and completeI have one rule of thumb when it comes to TV series: if it hasnt hooked me in the first 15 minutes I move on to something more stimulating. I must say.,fan that I am of most BBC series, intrigued as I was about the plot, and curious of what the fuss was about I turned on my Netflix and was prepared to binge watch a show with positive reviews..BUT...( sigh)..what an utter and complete disappointment! Slow paced is an understatement. Snails are slow paced..molasses in winter is slow paced. The Fall is like a funeral that never ends.It is grey, confusing, with all the suspense and drama of watching cars rust and paint dry. I made it to the end of the 1st episode but just barely. You'd have to strap me in a chair and staple my eyes open to get me to watch another. You want a good series to watch? Try Fargo, or Ray Donovan, or Breaking Bad, or Better Call Saul, or almost any other BBC series like Luther, or Sherlock. Believe me, if you give The Fall a miss, you won.t be missing anything.… Expand
  6. Broyax
    Feb 11, 2023
    1
    Le retour de ‘Scully’… comme Commissaire aux trousses d’un tueur en série en Irlande du Nord… plus de **** hommes gris, plus de soucoupes volantes et plus de Mulder pour dérider l’atmosphère… Cela étant, Gillian Anderson est en pleine forme, belle et convaincante.

    Et cette série alors ? à part Gillian j’essaie de lui trouver des qualités… la froideur clinique, le réalisme peut-être ?    Le retour de ‘Scully’… comme Commissaire aux trousses d’un tueur en série en Irlande du Nord… plus de **** hommes gris, plus de soucoupes volantes et plus de Mulder pour dérider l’atmosphère… Cela étant, Gillian Anderson est en pleine forme, belle et convaincante.

    Et cette série alors ? à part Gillian j’essaie de lui trouver des qualités… la froideur clinique, le réalisme peut-être ? oui, on dirait un reportage à la télé, il manque juste le commentaire. A part ça, de l’émotion, de l’intérêt ? des personnages dont on se souvient ? à part Gillian je veux dire…

    Le psychopathe sans doute ? non on s’en branle complètement et c’est le problème rédhibitoire : on s’en branle à un point de tout ce qui peut arriver là dedans, un point… inimaginable ! C’est plat comme un épisode de Navarro ou du Commissaire Moulin. Mais avec Gillian Anderson.    … Expand
  7. NURTUCKER
    Jan 4, 2018
    2
    What a shame!! The first season was OK - although annoyingly slow and difficult to understand as Gillian Anderson has a habit of whispering the whole time. But season 2 was worse and Season 3 was really off. If you have not watched it don't invest the money or the time on it. The plot is written very badly. There are so many situations that are very silly and does not make sense.What a shame!! The first season was OK - although annoyingly slow and difficult to understand as Gillian Anderson has a habit of whispering the whole time. But season 2 was worse and Season 3 was really off. If you have not watched it don't invest the money or the time on it. The plot is written very badly. There are so many situations that are very silly and does not make sense. Unanswered questions or very obvious points being missed by a supposedly very clever woman (Gillian Anderson). The whole Belfast Police Department is portrayed as weak and incompetent by the show.
    Jamie Dornan acts well although, I did not have high expectations of him due to the film he played in (50 shades). But he acts well in his role. But Gillian Anderson was utterly annoying. There was not a scene where I did not get annoyed by her acting. She is trying to portray an icy cold, strong, intelligent and charismatic detective but the way she acts and speaks and also DRESSES is ridiculous. Who dressed her for the show? She is a police officer god's sake but she is under the impression that she is a high profile investment banker or she thinks she belongs to a boardroom. She is constantly in super high heels, figure hugging skirts and silk blouses cleavage of which is always revealing her recent boob job. She tries very hard to look sexy all the time by pouting in 100% of the scenes and whispering for some reason rather than talking with a normal voice. IS there something wrong with her voice cords? or does she think that she sounds sexier and charismatic like this. She puts on a holster on top of a boardroom dress? and high heels all the time.
    In the film there were so many occasions that the police made stupid mistakes (which even I wouldn't) leading to death and danger to others. I believe the story is full of fillers and extreme slow motion that there was no need to expand this into three seasons. All could be fit into one season and that could have been better. Whoever wrote the story should start watching some of the recent Danish or French crime series and understand how realistic and likeable their characters are.    … Expand

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Jun 14, 2013
    100
    [A] cool yet intensely emotional British crime series. [24 Jun 2013, p.40]
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Jun 10, 2013
    70
    It’s a fine show, relying on slow-building tension rather than the gory shock value of series like “The Following,” and the five-episode arc now on Netflix is worth a look if you haven’t had your fill of cat-and-mouse dynamics.... Oddly, the character developed the least may be Ms. Anderson’s.
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  3. Salon
    Jun 5, 2013
    80
    Some of these moments are memorable and stark. More are soporific. Both lend themselves to The Fall’s tone: these days, slow is what passes for serious. Anderson’s performance is what makes The Fall worth watching.
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