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Positive:
6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
Apr 9, 2026
Season 1 Review:
We’re definitely on board with watching how The Miniature Wife is going to pull things off, both technically and storywise, but mainly because we’re confident that Banks can handle the challenge of playing someone shrunk down to six inches, and Macfadyen is always so good at playing weasels.
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Apr 8, 2026
Season 1 Review:
The series is both watchable and trying, given its many tonal shifts and an able, attractive cast, some of whom are assigned to play quite annoying people. .... Anyways, good and bad, it’s easy enough to recommend the series. Delightful and disturbing, size-related fantasies are eternally appealing.
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RogerEbert.comApr 8, 2026
Season 1 Review:
At the end of Episode 8, my one-word review would have been “Tedious.” Here’s the surprise: “The Miniature Wife” didn’t leave me cold. The characters take us through an array of emotions. Mostly I wanted them to implode—demonstratively—but that’s NOT nothing. .... Episode 9 is a Hail Mary that pulls you back in for a somewhat satisfying final Episode 10.
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Apr 9, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Too often, the air leaves the room when Les, Lindy and Vivienne do. Making my way through the screeners, I kept yearning for focus and concision — a version of the show pared down to its most essential elements. For a story about a shrinking woman, “The Miniature Wife” can’t seem to recognize the virtues of staying small.
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The GuardianApr 9, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Long before the end of its nearly 10-hour run you begin to feel the limitations. Ames and Turner adapted The Miniature Wife from a short story of the same name by Manuel Gonzales, but they needed to bring a lot more to the table to justify this kind of run time. Lindy might not agree, but quite often shorter is better.
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