What/If
Netflix | Release Date: May 24, 2019
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The TelegraphEd PowerJan 3, 2020
Season 1 Review: What/If has its longueurs and Levy and Jenner’s lack of chemistry lands like a dead fish. But it roars to life whenever Zellweger is on screen. Tossing her hair and crinkling her eyes, she’s a baroque riot. Her performance alone makes What /If a contender for guilty pleasure of the year. Read full review
60
The GuardianLucy ManganDec 3, 2019
Season 1 Review: What/If has just enough emotional truth mixed in with the absurdity to stop it spiralling into absolute madness. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanMay 24, 2019
Season 1 Review: What/If basically rips off Indecent Proposal and then admits to doing so, as if that's a clever thing. The series stars a miscast Renée Zellweger as Anne Montgomery. ... [The episodes] are larded with bad writing, dubious editing choices and the kind of weightless fluff that props up most network soap operas. Read full review
83
IndieWireBen TraversMay 24, 2019
Season 1 Review: Kelley doesn’t slow down after the pilot, and he manages to sustain the suspense over 10 hours of well-staged melodrama. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubGwen IhnatMay 24, 2019
Season 1 Review: If you can get past the thorny, sticky dialogue (a big if), What/If has an interesting premise about ostensibly good people doing bad things. Read full review
48
Paste MagazineAmy AmatangeloMay 24, 2019
Season 1 Review: The joy, guilty pleasure, escape-from-this-crazy-world a show like What/If should provide simply isn’t there. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushMay 23, 2019
Season 1 Review: What/If transcends junk-food TV and moves into the realm of trans-fat TV. It's definitely bad for you but good luck resisting it. [27 May - 9 Jun 2019, p.13]
54
TV GuideKrutika MallikarjunaMay 23, 2019
Season 1 Review: There is a prestige drama version of the show in which Anne's long game is actually surprising, and there is a guilty-pleasure version of the show that burns through twice the plot in half the time. Read full review
55
CNNBrian LowryMay 23, 2019
Season 1 Review: Whatever sizzle there is baked into the premise, in the execution, What/If feels a little too close to "So what?" Read full review
70
RogerEbert.comAllison ShoemakerMay 23, 2019
Season 1 Review: When Zellweger’s not on screen, “What/If” is a mostly empty, broad strokes neo-noir soap, frothy and forgettable. When she appears, it’s still all of those things—but dear lord, please pass the popcorn. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyKristen BaldwinMay 21, 2019
Season 1 Review: Everything serves to highlight Zellweger’s gloriously goofy performance. As Anne Montgomery, the actress doesn’t so much chew the scenery as absorb it through every pore. Read full review
80
VarietyDaniel D'AddarioMay 20, 2019
Season 1 Review: Its sense of giddy, unashamed fun buoys it even as the seams show. ... As it stands, it’s a captivating bit of cheese, anchored by a star making the most of a very strange moment. Read full review
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