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Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews
Dec 9, 2025
Season 1 Review:
It expands upon the theme of sex as a weapon, and it makes no effort to soften that sex for TV viewers. It understands that carnality can be a potent dramatic theme, not just a source of titillation. The plotting is dense and propulsive. LaCoste has the lip-curling sneer of a young Alan Rickman, who actually originated the role of Valmont on Broadway.
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Nov 14, 2025
Nov 14, 2025
Season 1 Review:
The Seduction almost certainly won’t be for everyone. Its characters are largely selfish and unlikeable, its midsection gets a bit draggy at various points—the show is probably an episode too long—and its themes are certainly not what anyone would call subtle. But there’s something deeply appealing about its determination to plot its own path. And, like the heroine at its center, it mostly finds its way.
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RogerEbert.comNov 10, 2025
Season 1 Review:
It’s gorgeous—at one point, Valmont is framed between curtains with such exquisite lighting, he’s like an Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painting. The acting is engaging, embodying the characters with a pretentious capriciousness fitting the aristocrats of that time, and the writing moves along. I’m struggling to define why this show didn’t spark for me, except I was bored.
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