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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThe most devastating spoof of reality TV since Albert Brooks' 1978 "Real Life."
- 83Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerA satisfyingly nasty piece of work so black and cruel it's often more sick than funny.
- 80Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversMinahan wants us to see ourselves in the dark mirror of this outrageously funny satire. He's built the laughs wisely so they stick in our throats.
- 75USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaAs entertainment, such dark material can only stretch so far, and Series 7 comes awfully close to being as numbing as the genre it mocks. But its power can't be denied.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe murder as entertainment premise of Series 7 is proof that even the blackest of humor is no longer particularly outrageous.
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrA gritty, immediate, down-and-dirty satire with a down-and-dirty look.
- 75Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowUnpretentious and brashly exploitative.
- 75Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneSeries 7 does exactly what independent cinema should -- challenge audiences while it entertains.
- 70Village VoiceAmy TaubinVillage VoiceAmy TaubinSeries 7 could have turned out as ugly as the second season of "Survivor," were it not for the pleasure Minahan takes in melodrama.
- 70SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinIt's only fitting that we emerge from Series 7 feeling both entertained and implicated.