SummaryThe miniseries created by Robin Veith is based on the true story of Candy Montgomery (Jessica Biel), who killed her neighbor Betty Gore (Melanie Lynskey) with an axe in 1980 Texas.
Created By:Nick Antosca, Robin Veith
❮ Candy
Season 1
Season Premiere:
May 9, 2022
Metascore
Generally Favorable
61
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
61
47% Positive
9 Reviews
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53% Mixed
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May 3, 2022
83
“Candy” works thanks largely to its well-cast leads and their archetype-bucking characters.
Oct 12, 2022
80
Candy is intelligently scripted and directed. It also has two phenomenal performances. ... Female rage is an under-explored topic – whether or not it culminates in murder. If Candy concentrates on that, rather than the 41 Lizzie Borden-esque blows, it could add something to the sum of human knowledge, if not exactly happiness.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
67% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
17% Mixed
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17% Negative
2 Ratings
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May 10, 2022
8
I've only just finished episode 2, but I'm totally engaged. Jessica Biel is, and I hate to say it because I have no reason to doubt her talent, surprisingly good. And she shines in a cast full of good actors. EXCEPT Melanie Lynskey. I do not see why she keeps getting good parts. She has one speed; dour agitation. She's very unattractive with zero charisma. I guess if the idea is to paint the victim as deserving of whatever happened to her, and I'd hope that's not the case. I didn't like her in Togetherness or Yellowjackets. I really don't get her. Outside of her, I'm enjoying the show.
May 12, 2022
7
This is a troubling and yet riveting show about a true crime that is quite frankly stunning. I have been glued to this miniseries since episode one and am eager to see how Candace Montgomery was capable of convincing a jury of her innocence where axing her lover's wife 47 times is concerned.
May 9, 2022
70
Odd and tense, Candy burnishes Jessica Biel's crime-based limited series credentials, following her star-producer turn in "The Sinner." Here, those two hats come in the service of an understated "whydunit" true crime yarn with all the trappings of a "Dateline" episode, which happily doesn't overstay its welcome at five episodes.
May 9, 2022
60
Candy hints at the more sure-footed series—or perhaps, made-for-TV movie—that might have been. ... I found myself consistently wishing that the show had allowed itself just one more inch of latitude—just a little more humor here, a bit more idiosyncratic energy there. In the absence of real tension, Candy has a tendency to spin its wheels—a slightly sour note on an otherwise sweet formula.
May 10, 2022
50
When "Candy" hits its stride in the second and third episodes, it is because Biel and Lynskey make us feel something for these women and the lack of choices they have in life aside from the roles of wife and mother. ... "Candy" stops sticking with us by its end, closing on a resolution that dissolves into nothing. Fortunately this case will be re-opened in a few months, but its squandered potential is still frustrating.
Oct 12, 2022
40
If you really like true-crime dramas, you’ll probably like this one. But if you like true stories – ones that create layered versions of real people and use them to illustrate something universal about the human experience – Candy won’t hit the sweet spot.
May 6, 2022
40
Mostly, though, it feels like an attempt by the series to put a neat little bow on a narrative that, over five hourlong episodes, has become increasingly muddled and unwieldy. ... “That’s it?” Betty asks incredulously near the close of the series, frowning at the pointlessness of it all. She might as well have been speaking for me.
May 15, 2022
4
So much effort in terms of lighting, positioning of the camera, angles and shots, I mean cinematography for that trivial and inane a **** all these "character" actors always playing the same way (bored housewife, **** husband, hot desperate housewife....)...Tired Hollywood tiring its audience with drawn out series. I gave up in the middle of Ep. 3.
