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Shock to the System
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54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    70
    Enough action, a tiny pinch of sex and some campy moments from Morgan Fairchild.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    63
    The story delivers enough twists and turns to be engaging without feeling like work, and the overall vibe is dangerous and flirty rather than brutal or excessively graphic.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    60
    A sly, refreshingly grown-up gay entertainment, though rather less satisfying as a thriller.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jim Ridley
    50
    Director Ron Oliver applies a thin veneer of straight-to-cable pseudo-gloss without finding a workable tone, and the cast lacks the charisma and chemistry to make the genre and gender-bending register as more than novelty.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Michael Ordoņa
    50
    So grimly determined to be even-handed that it never generates tension.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    40
    Shock to the System demonstrates that merely subverting genre conventions doesn't quite make for compelling entertainment.
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