SummaryA British man (Jamie Dornan) tries to figure out why someone tried to drive him off the road in the Australian outback in the thriller series from Harry and Jack Williams. The second season on Netflix is set in Ireland.
Created By:Harry Williams, Jack Williams
The Tourist
Season 1 Premiere:
Jan 1, 2022
Metascore
Generally Favorable
79
User score
Generally Favorable
6.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
79
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19 Reviews
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14% Mixed
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Feb 14, 2022
100
The Tourist, directed by Chris Sweeney (and Daniel Nettheim for the final three episodes), knows how to play the quiet scenes alongside the crash and bang. ... The Tourist might be his [Jamie Dornan's] best work yet. He takes advantage of a script that lets him stretch his metaphorical muscles as well as the more literal ones, abundant as they are.
Feb 26, 2024
83
The Tourist season two is dazzlingly entertaining and impossible to switch off once you get started, despite the tension headaches it may spark among its more logically minded viewers.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.5
61% Positive
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
26% Mixed
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
14% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
Mar 14, 2022
10
Don’t quit your day job Captain Morgan. Fargo? What the fck? Surprised you were able to figure out how to log in. You’re a zero! The Tourist is a 10! I’m a 4. God is 7!!!!!!
Mar 7, 2022
10
Jamie Dornan is driving thru the backcountry of Australia, when he's in an accident that lands him in the hospital with amnesia. On his quest to find the truth, things quickly veer out of control. This has echoes of the Coen Brothers, namely Fargo: It's stylishly shot without being arty, the tension ebbs and flows, the violence is solidly staged and there are eccentric characterd, esp. Danielle Macdonald as the wanna-be detective who's channeling Merritt Wever's endearing bumbling style. Dornan is constantly compelling as he navigates the confusion and frustration (not to mention his ever-present bulging biceps). The narrative continues to surprise and the direction is always assured, creating an imminently watchable crime mystery that will grab your rapt attention from the beginning. (Review based on the first 3 of 6 one-hour episodes)
Jan 2, 2024
80
This series is funnier than the first, by which I mean it’s funnier more often. The type of humour is the same, all anchored by a wonderful performance from Dornan playing a character who has long since stopped being upset and terrified and is now just fed up.
Mar 3, 2022
80
The Tourist hooked us in with its story, plus the performances by Dornan, Macdonald and Brune-Franklin.
Feb 14, 2022
80
If Channel 4’s ludicrous recent Close to Me made you want to forget all about amnesia thrillers, The Tourist reminds you why they can also be memorably moreish.
Mar 2, 2022
70
At six hours, The Tourist‘s focus wavers, but its momentum remains solid; in a spring of self-important ripped-from-headlines TV storytelling, I appreciated its pulpy drive.
Mar 3, 2022
50
It’s only when the show makes its grand breakthrough in the final third that “The Tourist” gets a much needed influx of energy. Still, it’s another example of something in this show that feels like it should work in the abstract, but in practice simply feels like slapping on an extra layer without properly seeding that spirit throughout.
Mar 7, 2024
9
Pretty terrific TV. This is Fargo, Season One, set in the Australian outback, done well. Jamie Dornan I remember from Gal Godot's Heart of Stone (also recommended). Danielle Macdonald stands out here as her heart is the biggest. The familiar tropes are there:
- The amnesiac who can't even remember his own name, - The low-self-esteem police woman, trying to to self-actualize,
- The mean psychopath killer,
- The effective use of low-budget, no-budget sets...
And yet it's well plotted and more fun than Fargo S1 as it has more humor and less gore and less cruelty. Season 2 is so far unseen by me
Mar 19, 2022
9
A fun, stylish, thriller starring Jamie Dornan who once again in fine form like he was in "The Fall".
Mar 19, 2022
6
It seems like the media critics who gave this show an 81 submitted their reviews after the first two episodes. But shows are not supposed to be rated based on the pilot episode, but on the overall quality of the season as a whole. The first two episodes were very good, which makes the disappointment that much greater when the show begins its decline in episode 3. I was hoping the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes would somehow Hail Mary to make up for the outrageously, unrealistic scenarios, cosmetic plot additions and trying-too-hard-to-be-edgy character arcs, but they did not. It only got worse. I couldn’t even get myself to watch the last 10 minutes of the last episode because it was that painful to get through. Overall, this show is more like a 61, maybe 62.
Apr 5, 2024
3
Top tier production values and endearing performances meet really asinine writing. Characters are constantly doing and saying objectively dumb ****. Critics sure are easily impressed these days.
Mar 10, 2022
0
Absolutely unwatchable Australian trash. Think of it as 'Fargo' gone very wrong.
Production Company:
- All3Media International
- BBC One
- HBO Max
- Highview Productions
- Stan
- The South Australian Film Corporation
- Two Brothers Pictures
- WarnerMedia
- ZDF Enterprises
Initial Release Date:Jan 1, 2022
Number of seasons:2 Seasons
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Royal Television Society, UK
• 3 Nominations
Logie Awards
• 3 Nominations
