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Positive:
14
Mixed:
5
Negative:
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Critic Reviews
IndieWireSep 10, 2025
Season 1 Review:
“The Girlfriend” is exactly the kind of psychological and soapy binge to kick off the fall TV season, easily devoured in one indulgent sitting with a cheeky drink and lots of yelling at the screen. The twists vary in actual shock value, but the tension provides enough of a hook to follow this warped love story to its conclusion.
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Sep 10, 2025
Season 1 Review:
This refusal to take itself too seriously helps to insulate some of The Girlfriend‘s craziest turns. You don’t have to pretend there’s anything “realistic” or “relatable” about the ways these people are behaving, or that there’s some greater lesson to be found here. You just have to be in the mood for something a little bit silly, and a little bit nasty.
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The TimesSep 10, 2025
Season 1 Review:
It’s breathless stuff, with a hyper-realistic feel that makes it more compelling than sinister. And while there’s a smattering of class commentary and occasional attempts at deeper meaning, this is a drama that should be enjoyed for what is: a rollercoaster of fun and games.
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Sep 8, 2025
Season 1 Review:
On the one hand, the more time spent focusing on the two leads, the better. On the other, there comes a point where he doesn’t quite seem worth all the fighting, in the emotional or physical sense. But Wright and Cooke both understand the assignment, and the payoff to the rivalry feels worth the build-up. Not a deep story, but a fun one.
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ColliderSep 8, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Despite the thrilling conclusion, The Girlfriend is at its strongest when it forces us to admit that while we might side with one woman at one moment, we will never have the full picture until we get a look through the other character's eyes, and that can only be accomplished with Cherry and Laura facing off against each other.
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Sep 10, 2025
Season 1 Review:
We’re still not sure if The Girlfriend is going to be a taut, gripping thriller or just make us roll our eyes so much that they get tired. But the first episode shows enough promise, and makes viewers ask enough questions about both of its main characters, to keep us watching.
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Sep 8, 2025
Season 1 Review:
The increasingly outlandish actions of our leads do keep things light, lean, and moving swiftly along, a plus when the mystery has largely been removed from the narrative. And while most thrill seekers might disapprove of the lack of startling twists and turns throughout the show’s six installments, The Girlfriend finds ripe drama in the interpersonal, offering up fruitful things to say about perspective, prejudice, and possessiveness.
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Sep 10, 2025
Season 1 Review:
The extent of Cherry’s apparent psychosis is a mystery, but she’s also made to seem sympathetic, and not in a pity-the-poor-madwoman fashion. Laura is awful, even in her own version of events, which is part of the confusion in “The Girlfriend.” There’s no one to root for. But we’re not sure why.
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LooperSep 8, 2025
Season 1 Review:
There's a limit to how long Olivia Cooke and Robin Wright can entertain with their tremendous acting chops — and they're truly terrific — before the truth inevitably comes to the surface. .... When the finale arrives, you feel like you've been cheated and set up for a climax that fails to deliver on any level. The final note the show ends on feels as if it was ripped from some of the worst psychological thrillers from the '90s.
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