The Girl Before
Season 1 Premiere:
Dec 19, 2021
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55
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4.3
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Feb 11, 2022
80
Despite some of its more predictable twists, The Girl Before is riveting, even counterintuitive. Brühlmann, the director, takes material stuffed with clichés and gives it a subtler texture.
Jan 18, 2022
80
It is tricky to balance heightened mystery with such weighty subject matter but so far, The Girl Before is an intriguing premise, clinically executed.
Feb 3, 2022
75
“The Girl Before” doesn’t feel like a conventional mystery and that is its strength. It feels akin to a staged performance, with the character predominately relegated to One Folgate Street. Mbatha-Raw and Plummer are powerhouses in a story that sticks with you because it’s a slice of reality.
Feb 9, 2022
50
J.P. Delaney has stretched his bestseller to four hours, pretty much the bare minimum for calling yourself a TV show, which is at least two hours more time than the story can justify. It’s repetitive, predictable and comfortably outlasts my patience with house-based metaphors.
Feb 21, 2022
42
Though the series boasts a strong cast, slick production design, a haunting score from Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans, and strong material that could make for a captivating four-part limited series, “The Girl Before” feels thematically aimless, in over its head with narrative threads, and more interested in plot twists than creating relatable, believable characters.
Jan 18, 2022
40
Every man in this drama is awful. ... The women, by contrast, are sympathetic.
Feb 7, 2022
30
The show’s narrative excess comes to seem wasteful and silly — a story about a manipulative architect who wants to help design the lives of the women who live in his construction, and it’s a little boring? And its leveraging of violence against women, including rape, to tell a story that isn’t really worth the time or emotional commitment viewers are asked to make is unfortunate. In all, fans of the book club-thriller genre would be well served by skipping “The Girl Before.”
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Aug 14, 2023
8
Лофтовый вайб, концептуально-повествовательный визуал, а также вкрапление вопросов из анкеты, подчеркивающих содержание прошедшей/грядущей сцены. Пока кто-то ищет свое отражение в зеркале, здешние герои находят отражение себя, а также имеющихся травм и отношений в собственном минималистичном доме. И хоть сериальная структура изящна, в ней таки проглядываются сюжетные несовершенства, ломающие чувство прекрасного зрительского комфорта.
Feb 28, 2022
5
(This is created, written, and executively produced by JP Delaney, who wrote the novel.) Gugu Mbatha-Raw can rent a striking, minimalist home IF she can adhere to the rules stipulated by the architect (David Oyelowo). Turns out, there's a suspicious history of the property that involves another woman with a similar story. This series unfolds at a glacier pace, full of ominous portent, but little payoff. Both of the women look alike and the story ping-pongs between their stories, which adds to the confusion. This might have made a compelling movie, but the extended length just drags things into interminable length and the finale isn't worth the effort.
