We Need to Talk About Cosby

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 30, 2022
User Score
4.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 5 out of 11
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  1. UncleWillard
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Putting this as a placeholder because I hope I'm wrong. If Bell's premise is that Cosby should in any way get a pass because he is a black icon, the zero stays. I simply don't have the energy to sit through an apologist lecture on why Cosby is being oppressed by jail for raping women. I also disagree that it's complicated. Cosby being a complicated person, sure, but what he did was rapePutting this as a placeholder because I hope I'm wrong. If Bell's premise is that Cosby should in any way get a pass because he is a black icon, the zero stays. I simply don't have the energy to sit through an apologist lecture on why Cosby is being oppressed by jail for raping women. I also disagree that it's complicated. Cosby being a complicated person, sure, but what he did was rape and it's not complicated. I'm hoping for the best though.… Expand

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#34 Best TV Season of 2022

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Mar 7, 2023
    80
    This was no cut-and-paste runthrough of the rise and fall of a former national treasure. It was a serious attempt to understand why and how it happened, how one of the country's darlings landed in court accused of serially drugging and raping women.
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  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Mar 6, 2023
    80
    It is clearly a heartfelt film, but not blinkered, and while his personality suffuses the whole, he makes sure to get out of the way of the women telling their stories and lets them own the screen for as long as they need.
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    Reviewed by: Rachael Sigee
    Mar 6, 2023
    80
    Bell has created a space in which multiple voices and opinions co-exist (even within the same person) without being prescriptive about how his audience should feel. We Need to Talk about Cosby is by no means the final word in a chilling and challenging conversation that will and should continue.
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