Cinema Verite: Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 23, 2011
  • Season #: 1
User Score
6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

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Metascore
74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    Apr 25, 2011
    80
    Cinema Verite is short (not even 90 minutes), smooth and brisk.
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  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Apr 25, 2011
    83
    Additional time would have made Verite more convincing. At 90 minutes, it runs short, especially as the family copes with its newfound notoriety
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  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Apr 25, 2011
    80
    HBO's drama Cinema Verite is a searing and irresistible look at the making of An American Family and an incisive dissection of the mendacity of what we so absurdly call reality TV.
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