Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16

Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Dec 5, 2024
    50
    Both too much and not enough, The Sticky at least deserves credit for moving fast and giving Margo Martindale a well-deserved stint at the top of the call sheet.
  2. Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Dec 4, 2024
    50
    The characters are too unformed, the story too careless, the payoff (a word loosely applied here) too abrupt, although the end is obviously a setup for a second season. .... Ruth has some funny moments, at first anyway. If only there were more.
  3. Reviewed by: Jesse Hassenger
    Dec 6, 2024
    40
    The characters lack the depth necessary to sustain this meandering – so even half-amusing moments tend to flail around in a netherworld between caricatured comedy and pitiless dramatic thriller.
  4. Reviewed by: Lisa Weidenfeld
    Dec 5, 2024
    40
    “The Sticky” seems to have taken the core premise and just turned the volume up. Desperate people may make desperate choices to darkly comic effect, but without more depth to the storytelling, it’s hard to get too invested in them.