The Ripper
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 16, 2020
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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Critic Reviews

  1. Salon
    Reviewed by: Ashlie D. Stevens
    Dec 21, 2020
    40
    While the series "The Ripper" attempts to dismantle some of that celebrity, instead putting police incompetence in the spotlight, it still neglects to truly center Sutcliffe's victims. Perhaps it's time to retire both the moniker and the same tired retellings of stories where sex workers are portrayed as one-dimensional or culpable in some way for the killer's crimes.
  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Dec 16, 2020
    40
    At just four hours, Ripper is a relatively brisk retelling of the case. But it doesn’t achieve anything that Williams’s The Yorkshire Ripper Files didn’t do better. Beyond pandering to a ghoulish fascination with Sutcliffe, there really is little reason for it to exist.

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User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Xbluannax
    Nov 20, 2021
    8
    Didn’t know much about the Yorkshire ripper until I saw this documentary and what a shock it was. RIP victims
  2. geewah
    Jan 15, 2021
    8
    While it covers the crimes in detail, it's greatest strength is when it delves into the procedural errors that lead to Sutcliffe roaming freeWhile it covers the crimes in detail, it's greatest strength is when it delves into the procedural errors that lead to Sutcliffe roaming free for so long, as well as the effect his crimes had on the community, particularly the women.… Full Review »
  3. Deisler
    Dec 22, 2020
    10
    binged it in one session, everyone who loves true crime its a must watch, very addicting stuff
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