True Lies (2023)
CBS | Release Date: March 1, 2023
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METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
3
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CNNBrian LowryMar 1, 2023
Season 1 Review: “True Lies” has the potential to fulfill that fundamental mission, but it still has a way to go before justifying its existence. Read full review
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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenFeb 28, 2023
Season 1 Review: This is “True Lies” in title only. The film’s concept has been reduced to a paint-by-number, light CBS procedural. If that’s the type of programming you enjoy, have at it. Just don’t expect anything more. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergMar 1, 2023
Season 1 Review: CBS’ True Lies is much more in the vein of the network’s semi-recent reboots of things like Magnum, P.I. and MacGyver and Hawaii Five-0. It’s a trifle, not a blockbuster. Read full review
50
VarietyAmber DowlingMar 1, 2023
Season 1 Review: In other words, it’s fine — but there’s nothing new. If that’s the kind of show you’re looking for, then you’ll want to tune in. ... But if you’re expecting a deeper story, ongoing tension or layered characters, you may want to keep flipping. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMax GaoFeb 28, 2023
Season 1 Review: Despite their best efforts, Howey and Gonzaga can only do so much with the writing they’ve been given. The new True Lies is just the latest example of a big-budget movie that has been fed into the machine that is network TV. Read full review
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ColliderTania HussainFeb 23, 2023
Season 1 Review: True Lies just falls flat in carving out its own identity. ... If the latest network iteration proves anything with its string of campiness and light laughs, it's that some stories should stay on the big screen. Read full review
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TV GuideTim SuretteFeb 23, 2023
Season 1 Review: This version of True Lies, created by Burn Notice's Matt Nix, barrels through what the film brilliantly set up in order to get to what the show will presumably be over however long it lasts, bringing up the question of why someone thought turning True Lies into a TV show was a good idea in the first place. Read full review
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DeciderJoel KellerMar 1, 2023
Season 1 Review: While we’re hoping that the TV version of True Lies gets better as it concentrates on the chemistry between Howey and Gonzaga, the rest of the show feels like an artifact from another age of network dramas, and not in a fun, Poker Face kind of way. Read full review
40
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 1, 2023
Season 1 Review: This "True Lies" doesn’t have much energy when it becomes a show that’s not really about, well, lies told in marriage. Much worse than going for something that’s more “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” from the jump is how bafflingly dull the actual spy missions are in each episode. Read full review
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