Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

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88	New York Post Lou Lumenick The most devastating spoof of reality TV since Albert Brooks' 1978 "Real Life."
83	Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker A satisfyingly nasty piece of work so black and cruel it's often more sick than funny.
80	Rolling Stone Peter Travers Minahan 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.
75	USA Today Susan Wloszczyna As 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.
75	Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman The murder as entertainment premise of Series 7 is proof that even the blackest of humor is no longer particularly outrageous.
75	Boston Globe Jay Carr A gritty, immediate, down-and-dirty satire with a down-and-dirty look.
75	Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow Unpretentious and brashly exploitative.
75	Chicago Tribune Series 7 does exactly what independent cinema should -- challenge audiences while it entertains.
70	Village Voice Amy Taubin Series 7 could have turned out as ugly as the second season of "Survivor," were it not for the pleasure Minahan takes in melodrama.
70	Slate David Edelstein It's only fitting that we emerge from Series 7 feeling both entertained and implicated.

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