The Girlfriend Experience

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Season 1
  • Network: Starz
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 10, 2016
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
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Critic Reviews

  1. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Apr 8, 2016
    58
    The Girlfriend Experience, which is so sedate, chilly, and light on incident that it would be unbearable to watch one episode a week (or, in its first weekend, two), with not enough of a hook to pull the viewer back for a new half-hour after a seven day break. Watched in chunks, though, it can be more absorbing, thanks to Riley Keough's lead performance as Christine Reade, a Chicago law student moonlighting as an escort, and thanks to the anthropological tone created by Amy Seimetz and Lodge Kerrigan, who co-write every episode and take turns directing them.
  2. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Apr 7, 2016
    50
    Grim, claustrophobic, and only occasionally riveting.
  3. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    Apr 14, 2016
    40
    The characters are so vapid and thinly drawn that they glide like silhouettes through the minimalist stylings of a series crafted without affect.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Apr 11, 2016
    40
    Mostly the half-hour segments move in and out of often disjointed moments of Christine's escort-driven life at a pace that seems intentionally, and unforgivably, elliptical.

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#43 Best TV Season of 2016
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#14 Most Shared TV Season of 2016

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 77 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 77
  3. Negative: 8 out of 77
  1. jacp07
    Apr 12, 2016
    9
    Great acting, smart dialogues, the 30-minutes long makes you very addicted to the plot and the visuals are so stunning. It's a very sexy andGreat acting, smart dialogues, the 30-minutes long makes you very addicted to the plot and the visuals are so stunning. It's a very sexy and seductive show.… Full Review »
  2. LatinCritic13
    Apr 11, 2016
    8
    If you like dramas that has outstanding writing, gripping moments, performances, riveting visuals, and lots of sex in this show. This show isIf you like dramas that has outstanding writing, gripping moments, performances, riveting visuals, and lots of sex in this show. This show is for you..… Full Review »
  3. lorennicole
    Apr 19, 2016
    8
    Took me a couple of episodes to get into it but now I'm hooked, very addictive show. I really enjoy the show however it seems to be turningTook me a couple of episodes to get into it but now I'm hooked, very addictive show. I really enjoy the show however it seems to be turning into one bad thing happening one after another so not too sure what they will bring to the table if it's renewed for a second season. Still very much worth watching and would recommend unless of course you're a close minded individual then do not watch.… Full Review »
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