The Slap (2015)

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 12, 2015
User Score
4.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 48
  3. Negative: 22 out of 48
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  1. AxeT
    Jul 20, 2015
    7
    Unorthodox quirky little drama about a seemingly absurdly small premise/conflict which turns out to be only so on the surface. Sharp writing and good acting make this worth it if still somewhat overblown in its argument. What I liked most about this short run show was its jazzy tone.
  2. datwilli
    Feb 15, 2015
    0
    This is such a piece of sh*t. Even with a talented cast and director it is still just a crap ripoff of the excellent Australian version. Take out all the swearing and nudity and replace cocaine use with medicinal marijuana and replace the charismatic actors with talented but boring shadows and this is what we're left with. It's aggravating to watch how poor it is in comparison to theThis is such a piece of sh*t. Even with a talented cast and director it is still just a crap ripoff of the excellent Australian version. Take out all the swearing and nudity and replace cocaine use with medicinal marijuana and replace the charismatic actors with talented but boring shadows and this is what we're left with. It's aggravating to watch how poor it is in comparison to the original. Why is it that American networks are incapable of coming up with original quality programming? Oh yeah they can, it's called Hannibal. This show is almost as disgraceful as the US Rake.… Expand
  3. Shadow10
    Feb 23, 2015
    0
    The first episode shows our society ills: spoiled kids, mom's who breast feed a child who is way too old, husbands who cheat with young girls. Why can't writers come up with something uplifting and the reader/viewer come away happy? Guess that is asking for too much?
  4. katezoe
    Mar 1, 2015
    0
    Boring and stupid. The show is a daytime soap opera. The characters are just ridiculous. After watching three episodes deleted show from DVR. Lisa Cholodenko has done great work but this show is a joke.
  5. Scegs
    Mar 25, 2015
    10
    This show is great and thought provoking. There should be more shows like this. I really hope it doesn't get cancelled. Please watch!! It delves into each character in separate episodes...very interesting!
  6. leckus
    Feb 12, 2015
    2
    I don't understand why the US re-made this series. The original book by Christos Tsiolkas is brilliant, as is the 2011 Australian TV series. While there is nothing particularly bad about the acting here, the characters are poorly drawn, and the direction is heavy-handed, leaving me as the audience little desire to invest in these characters or the remainder of the show. Additionally, aI don't understand why the US re-made this series. The original book by Christos Tsiolkas is brilliant, as is the 2011 Australian TV series. While there is nothing particularly bad about the acting here, the characters are poorly drawn, and the direction is heavy-handed, leaving me as the audience little desire to invest in these characters or the remainder of the show. Additionally, a major underlying theme in the book and Australian TV series is a focus on race and class relations specific to Australian society. From viewing the first episode of the re-make, it feels that any adaptation of these themes appropriate to American society have been given short shrift for something that instead feels superficial and more like a soap opera than anything else.… Expand
  7. Bgrod
    Feb 12, 2015
    0
    I admit I was intrigued when I read the description of this show. It really did sound like something very different from the mostly safe and bland stuff on broadcast television and the actors were all very good. Watching this show was pure torture, however. I can't honestly say it is the worst thing I have ever seen on television but it is definitely in the bottom 5, only redeemed byI admit I was intrigued when I read the description of this show. It really did sound like something very different from the mostly safe and bland stuff on broadcast television and the actors were all very good. Watching this show was pure torture, however. I can't honestly say it is the worst thing I have ever seen on television but it is definitely in the bottom 5, only redeemed by the actors attached to it. Unfortunately, good actors and an interesting sounding premise can't overcome pretentiously bad execution. I would have to be slapped unconscious to watch any more episodes. Even hate watching and hate tweeting is fun for only so long which I proved by watching Peter Pan Live once and only once. I wonder if someone threatened to slap NBC president, Bob Greenblatt if he didn't air this drivel? .… Expand
  8. HaithamB
    Feb 14, 2015
    4
    It is not just the fact that the actual premise is interesting yet a tad silly, the important matter is that this single slap saved our main character from collapsing his own life over. Despite, I think they make up a big fuss over nothing; the kid was annoying and deserved it. So now just wait for the cliches to overflow and spoil this series.
  9. dyshpo
    Mar 23, 2015
    1
    Thankfully this is a miniseries it will soon pass and they'll put something passable in its place. Such filth should not be on tv. Don't they have any sense come on . this is so boring it should have been pulled after second episode. I am totally amazed they didn't start a long protracted story like Revenge half way thru the second episode.
  10. ajwiii
    Mar 26, 2015
    1
    I have been seeing the ads for this show so I tried to watch it. After about 1 minute I could see how the producers have taken a very serious issue and turned it into a joke. First you have to have decent actors. You cannot have a terrible child actor at the center of any show much less one with this serious of an issue for its basis. In the one minute I watched it showed a terriblyI have been seeing the ads for this show so I tried to watch it. After about 1 minute I could see how the producers have taken a very serious issue and turned it into a joke. First you have to have decent actors. You cannot have a terrible child actor at the center of any show much less one with this serious of an issue for its basis. In the one minute I watched it showed a terribly spoiled little brat stomping around demanding something about a spear and the parents acting like the kid had just asked for the nuclear launch codes and their lives had ended. Please stop with the bad tv! This is why so many people are going to Netflix.… Expand
  11. kgcfla
    Apr 3, 2015
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First two episodes I thought I'd like it. Not so. It disintegrated quickly. I got bored with the hysteria around what appeared to be a terrible event that should have been settled in a therapists office. The kid, the patents and the offender all needed more than a court case could ever settle. The last episode was good until the very end. It seemed like they just ran out of time and the judges ruling eas just plain silly and unlikely.… Expand
  12. TheKavehJ
    Aug 14, 2015
    0
    THE SLAP is boring, pointless, and stupid. I was bored out of my mind and couldn't even make it past half of the pilot without stopping it. This show is way too boring.

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 33
  3. Negative: 5 out of 33
  1. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Vicki Hyman
    Feb 12, 2015
    25
    NBC's new miniseries The Slap is a heavy-handed, button-pushing, endlessly irritating drama about a family that slowly unravels after a man slaps another's obnoxious child at a family party.
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  2. Under The Radar
    Reviewed by: Lily Moayeri
    Feb 12, 2015
    60
    There is enough going on in The Slap without the addition of the narration, which is reminiscent of the voice over on Pushing Daisies and sounds like it's describing a comedy. Get rid of that smug, knowing narrator, The Slap can speak for itself.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Margaret Lyons
    Feb 12, 2015
    60
    It's not fully good by any means, but I will watch more episodes, and I'm interested how everything will get resolved. I'm more curious about the characters of The Slap than I am about the characters of, say, The Affair.
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