The Girlfriend Experience

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Season 3
  • Network: Starz
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 10, 2016
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Rodrigo Perez
    Mar 22, 2021
    83
    It’s heady and cerebral stuff, a little mystifying and elusive too (this is a show you have to pay strict attention to), but it’s rewarding and super intriguing too (at least so far, with the two episodes given to press for the SXSW Film Festival).
  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Mar 17, 2021
    83
    After such a small sample size (just two episodes out of 10), plenty of questions remain, many of which feel purposeful. ... Season 3 is meticulous in its construction, and the extra outdoor scenes or limited physical contact [due to COVID-friendly shooting requirements] aren’t distractions. They add to the story Marquardt is telling. ... In Season 3, Iris seems to be looking for more, and for now, I think audiences can expect more in return.
  3. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    May 3, 2021
    80
    The Girlfriend Experience is an efficient and confident affair, with little excess fat found on any of its half-hour episodes. ... As Iris, Telles strikes an unnerving balance between formidable intellectual and conniving predator. ... Like the show itself, there are layers to Iris that are difficult to pin down, but fascinating to ponder.
  5. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Anne Easton
    Apr 29, 2021
    75
    The Girlfriend Experience season three may a bit too moody or rely too heavily on tech talk, or just not feature enough sex, for viewers (let alone fans of the show). But what this particular narrative does do well is show Iris’ use of each encounter to carefully study human emotion in a way that’s not been seen before.
  6. Time
    Reviewed by: Judy Berman
    Apr 30, 2021
    70
    This season of The Girlfriend Experience contains some promising ideas, even though it retreads some familiar ground and the gendered implications of Iris’ double life go largely unacknowledged.
  7. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Apr 30, 2021
    70
    This year’s story may be its most ambitious, even if it sometimes succumbs to overwriting and pretentious filmmaking choices in early episodes just before building up steam at the point Starz decided to stop sending episodes (so I can’t say how successfully it connects its many ideas). Having said that, it’s never boring, even if I’m not sure yet if I buy all of what it’s selling.

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. globalnomad
    Jun 24, 2021
    4
    Pretentious techno-bore starts out well enough but the final four or five episodes are just static mood pieces with incomprehensible techiePretentious techno-bore starts out well enough but the final four or five episodes are just static mood pieces with incomprehensible techie dialogue. No amount of fancy lighting or camera angles can save it and it's certainly not in the spirit of seasons 1 and 2. I expected character-driven drama, not "data points."… Full Review »
  2. frozenpinky
    Jun 23, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. OK. Just finished season three. Not good. It was not good at all. Not even sexy. That’s right. Despite there being plenty of nudity and sex, it wasn’t sexy. It was sterile. Just like the story. So her father has early onset Alzheimer’s, and to honor him she becomes a slut? Works at a tech company by day yet, is a prostitute at night? And hopes to merge the two? I couldn’t buy her character either. Someone this bright and smart is gonna bang and plow tons of strangers? What a dumb concept!… Full Review »
  3. jefflynch967
    Aug 27, 2021
    10
    A spectacular addition to this anthology series! Well worth the time to enjoy it.
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