The Offer
Paramount+ | Release Date: April 28, 2022
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
8
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
CNNBrian LowryApr 28, 2022
Season 1 Review: The whole exercise would be considerably stronger as a five- or six-part series that went lighter on both personal detours and the juxtaposition of organized crime figures with the struggles of Ruddy and director Francis Ford Coppola (Dan Fogler) to preserve their vision. Read full review
60
The GuardianAdrian HortonApr 27, 2022
Season 1 Review: All criticisms – and there are many – aside, the Offer remains watchable to the bloated end. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushMay 5, 2022
Season 1 Review: It suffers from overlength. [9 - 22 May 2022, p.5] Read full review
50
ABC NewsPeter TraversApr 29, 2022
Season 1 Review: Even when it flies off the rails fudging facts about the mob and movie-making, this flawed but fascinating series about the creation of ‘The Godfather’—an enduring screen classic even after 50 years—is still an offer no movie fan can refuse. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsApr 28, 2022
Season 1 Review: The actors periodically save it. Goode captures enough of the real-life Evans’ vocal rhythms to keep every one of his scenes cooking, and he makes him a delightful, then scuzzy satyr of unpredictable moods and unerring pacing. Read full review
50
VarietyDaniel D'AddarioApr 27, 2022
Season 1 Review: This program insists that movies are important, and does so by pulping perhaps the most celebrated film of the second half of the twentieth century and using it as fuel for a diverting but hardly cinematic streaming series. Read full review
42
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezApr 25, 2022
Season 1 Review: Adequately directed by Dexter Fletcher, (the Adam Arkin-directed episodes are better) the main ‘Offer’ problem—beyond its overall superficiality and lack of substance—is that it wears out its welcome. Read full review
40
EmpireIan FreerJun 22, 2022
Season 1 Review: Played with gusto by an engaging cast, The Offer falls down on its tin ears and broad strokes. You can’t help but feel The Godfather deserves so much better. Read full review
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