• Network: Starz
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 10, 2016
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Negative: 3 out of 10
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  1. 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 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."
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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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.