The Tourist

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
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

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  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 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.
  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 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.
  3. UncleWillard
    Mar 7, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This didn't work for me as well as I thought it would, and it was kind of a slog. I think what was missing was a lack of a main villain. Sure, there were villainous people in it, but no real, main villain. At least not one so scary as to make the plot gel around them. The denouement was not that great either, imo. The whole scene that makes him practically suicidal is a little loose. I mean, lady, you're a drug mule. You took on certain risks. You can't blame that all on the person that offered you the opportunity.

    This is at its best when Helen and Elliot are together. Helen is not conventionally pretty, and she does make some nonsense comments about weight and motivation (seriously, out of one side of her mouth she laments the needs to fit into some conventional body type, while secretly longing for a buff Irish Elliot over her fat, ahole of a fiance). Still, while Luci is definitely more attractive, she's a **** Helen is the only person in the whole thing who is a decent person. She brings out the best in Elliot and he is attracted to her because she motivates him to be his best self.

    Outside of that, it's a plot that has been tried before to greater success.    … Expand
  4. Soydrikah
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    I loved it, the series mixes a little bit of action, a hint of mystery and also comedy. Jamie Dornan is excellent in his role!
  5. dave89791
    Apr 18, 2022
    0
    pretty exciting, funny, well directed and well written - a pretty solid limited series

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#45 Best TV Season of 2022

Critic Reviews

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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
  1. 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.
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  2. 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.
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  3. 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.
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