The Tourist

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11

Critic Reviews

  1. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Ed Cumming
    Feb 14, 2022
    100
    The Tourist, directed by Chris Sweeney (and Daniel Nettheim for the final three episodes), knows how to play the quiet scenes alongside the crash and bang. ... The Tourist might be his [Jamie Dornan's] best work yet. He takes advantage of a script that lets him stretch his metaphorical muscles as well as the more literal ones, abundant as they are.
  2. ABC News
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    Mar 4, 2022
    88
    As an Irish amnesiac eluding a cabal of killers in the Australian outback, Jamie Dornan is so good you’ll follow him anywhere, which is what gives this relentlessly funny, ferocious, thrill-a-minute series the staying power to haunt your dreams.
  3. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Mar 1, 2022
    88
    With sharp dialogue, clever plotting, and career-best work from Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald, this is a great little thriller, a show that constantly keeps you guessing and entertained in equal measure.
  5. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Mar 3, 2022
    80
    The Tourist hooked us in with its story, plus the performances by Dornan, Macdonald and Brune-Franklin.
  6. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Feb 14, 2022
    80
    Finally, a television thriller that doesn’t feel formulaic. ... Dornan plays the role just right: his man with no name is an enigma.
  7. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Feb 14, 2022
    80
    It’s well worth watching this fun, stylish and confident caper, which clearly still has numerous twists up its sleeve and characters to play with.
  8. i
    Reviewed by: Gerard Gilbert
    Feb 14, 2022
    80
    If Channel 4’s ludicrous recent Close to Me made you want to forget all about amnesia thrillers, The Tourist reminds you why they can also be memorably moreish.
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  9. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Lauren Morris
    Feb 14, 2022
    80
    An unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat mystery that startles you with laugh-out-loud moments of ridiculousness, The Tourist is The Bourne Identity meets Priscilla Queen of the Desert with elements of Monty Python – an unusual thriller in which Dornan shines.
  10. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Leila Latif
    Mar 2, 2022
    75
    Anti-hero narratives are familiar for a reason, and The Tourist keeps them as compelling as ever; even when it treads familiar territory, it’s never a bore.
  11. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Mar 2, 2022
    70
    At six hours, The Tourist‘s focus wavers, but its momentum remains solid; in a spring of self-important ripped-from-headlines TV storytelling, I appreciated its pulpy drive.
  12. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Steve Greene
    Mar 3, 2022
    50
    It’s only when the show makes its grand breakthrough in the final third that “The Tourist” gets a much needed influx of energy. Still, it’s another example of something in this show that feels like it should work in the abstract, but in practice simply feels like slapping on an extra layer without properly seeding that spirit throughout.

Awards & Rankings

45
#45 Best TV Season of 2022

User Reviews

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User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. OlivierPiel
    Mar 3, 2022
    3
    As usual, the hook (the first episode) is suspensful, intriguing and well shot.... while the rest of the show devolved, as with the rest ofAs usual, the hook (the first episode) is suspensful, intriguing and well shot.... while the rest of the show devolved, as with the rest of internet TV these days in a litany of overstretched in nonsensical situations and character motivations, deus ex-machina, pulpy actions scenes etc,,,,And a very unsatisfying wrap-up.
    Recommmendation: To be watched only in a state of advanced inebration.    … Full Review »
  2. hisavi
    Mar 4, 2022
    4
    The definition of mediocrity. An unoriginal premise with a build up that makes the series less intriguing as time goes on. The writing isThe definition of mediocrity. An unoriginal premise with a build up that makes the series less intriguing as time goes on. The writing is filled with cliches and the crafts and cinematography were cheap for what one can only imagine must have been a rather expensive production.

    The acting ensemble was great though and Jamie Dornan is very nice to look at so there's that I guess.    … Full Review »
  3. dave89791
    Apr 18, 2022
    0
    pretty exciting, funny, well directed and well written - a pretty solid limited series
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