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The Girl Before
2021
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6
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12
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1.5
This unsettling drama starts well, with a strong performance from Jessica Plummer in particular, but falls apart in the end.
National World
4.5
While there are plenty of thriller conventions that are observed... the series still proves more artful than most entries in the genre.
Av Club
4.5
This relatively short 4 part psychological thriller delivers suspense and intrigue with an ending that satisfies.
Common Sense Media
4.5
Mbatha Raw and Plummer are powerhouses in a story that sticks with you because its a slice of reality.
Indie Wire
1.5
Despite strong performances and some stylish direction, it cant quite stick the landing.
Rogerebert
1.5
The style is not matched by the shows substance, which I found to be reductive at best and bewildering at worst.
Decider
1.5
It has neither gained nor lost anything in translation. This is not a complaint.
The Guardian
4.5
While the last act doesnt rise to the level of earlier episodes, stellar performances further elevate this chilly, cerebral, sophisticated psychologic ..
Time
1.5
Its repetitive, predictable and comfortably outlasts my patience with house based metaphors...
Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Mbatha Raw is so restrained and controlled as Jane that an eye roll from her can feel like an outburst. Oyelowo, similarly precise, is a terrifyingly ..
The Atlantic
1.5
Delaney and directed by Lisa Bruhlmann of Killing Eve fame, its sleek and stylised and has the potential to be a compelling, noirish psychological thr ..
Standard
1.5
This British show goes to extremes, but viewers may be forgiven for not following it to its conclusion.
Variety
1.5
While it may serve as suitable fodder for die hard thriller enthusiasts, the shows ending is an unfulfilling jumble that disappoints any intrigue esta ..
The Play List
1.5
In addition to the rather glacial progression of Mr. Delaneys adaptation, theres the eternal fascination of real estate and the haunting question of j ..
Wsj
1.5
Despite an ending that threatens to sour the entire endeavor, The Girl Before is still an immersive detour from the prescribed mystery miniseries blue ..
Film
0.5
What drives The Girl Before off the rails, distressingly early in its interminable four hour running time, is a simple incomprehension of movie/TV sto ..
reason
4.5
While the four hour series could really have been cut down into a film, the strong performances and sharp script make the runtime worthwhile.
Mash Able
1.5
Mbatha Raws barely contained grief, Plummers desperation, and Oyelowos rigid physicality put Girl a cut above its contemporaries.
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