The Girl From Plainville

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Season 1
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 29, 2022
Metascore
74

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 Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Jul 11, 2022
    60
    The performances are great. ... A more avoidable problem is that the script – while better than that of a Lifetime movie, for sure – rarely goes below the surface.
  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Jul 11, 2022
    60
    While this exploration does deepen our understanding of the two protagonists, it fails to offer any answers.
  3. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Kevin E G Perry
    Mar 29, 2022
    60
    While the empathetic series doesn’t go so far as to extend Carter forgiveness for the awful crime of which she was eventually convicted, it does offer a modicum of understanding as to how and why this adolescent tragedy unfolded.
  5. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Mar 29, 2022
    60
    One of the flaws in this well-acted but overly drawn-out limited series is that we never get sufficient insight into Michelle’s behavior.
  6. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Mar 29, 2022
    55
    The strange case of Michelle Carter turns out to have been better suited to a documentary than a drama, as The Girl From Plainville -- Hulu's stark, spare eight-episode series -- proves too inward and clenched, despite Elle Fanning's convincing portrayal of the central player in the "texting suicide" case.

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98
#98 Best TV Season of 2022

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. saimariejohnson
    May 10, 2022
    8
    It's really a good show in some ways, but it's not great. It's a bit drug along but Fanning's performance is on point, per usual and it is aIt's really a good show in some ways, but it's not great. It's a bit drug along but Fanning's performance is on point, per usual and it is a true crime story that I feel is important to understand after what happened to Conrad Roy with regard to Michelle Carter's actions that lead up to her sentencing. I began to lose a bit of interest toward the end because it became a bit too slow from the starting point and the pacing made me lose some interest.… Full Review »
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