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Clarice
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 11, 2021
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3.5
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
56
33% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
52% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
15% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
A stellar cast and detailed storytelling make “Clarice” addictively enjoyable.
An unusually well-made network procedural. ... “Clarice” is made with curiosity, confidence, and craft, and it comes as a happy surprise to say that it cares more about its protagonist’s mind than anyone else’s insides.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 33 User Ratings
3.5
27% Positive
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9 Ratings
15% Mixed
5 Ratings
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58% Negative
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19 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 33 User Ratings
3.5
27% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
15% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
58% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Clarice is or rather was a mind-bending thriller that told the tale of Special Agent Clarice Starling's life in between the events of Silence of The Lambs and Hannibal. It was only on the air for a short time, because you didn't watch it! Why didn't people watch it, three reasons. One, it doesn't feature Hannibal Lechter in any way (input collective groan here). Two, it was continuous, rather than episonic, meaning the season followed a single story, rather than having Clarice do battle with a different psychopath every week. and Three, the producers of the film did a series about Hannibal Lechter a few years back, that was weird, confusing, and basically awful, but they weren't the ones behind Clarice. Clarice was the brain child of Star Trek producer, Alex Kurtzman, and for all intense and purposes, it was Silence of The Lambs. Everything from the location headers to the music and lighting were exactly the same. The story literally takes place weeks after the incident with Buffalo Bill, and had it been successful, would have finished with the events leading up to Hannibal. The story begins with Clarice (Rebecca Breeds) being assigned to join a new task force, created by now Attorney General, Ruth Martin. Many believe that the young agent isn't ready to be part of such a high profile task force, and she's only there because she saved the A.G.'s daughter. Their first case is to investigate the discovery of three woman found brutally murdered and dumped in a local river. The lead agent of the task force, Paul Krendler (Michael Cudlitz) sees the case as straight forward, there is another psychopath on the loose, but Clarice disagrees and goes off on her own to investigate. This show has serious Silence of The Lambs vibes. The producers have gone to great lengths to make everything specific to the time period and film, even Rebecca Breeds, the actress who plays Clarice, looks like Jodie Foster and has a similar accent. As for the story, it obviously had to be toned down somewhat for network television, but it is every bit as chilling, mind-bending, and creepy as the film was. At first, I had my doubts, because after all wasn't this series completely about Hannibal? One would think so, until seeing this show. Similar to the Netflix series, Mindhunter, the focus of Clarice is on the profilers and the people who hunt serial killers, the only difference being, that they are actively hunting killers. I loved this series, from character development to a story that turned out to be much more complex that it originally looked. In my opinion Clarice was a better sequel to Silence of The Lambs than Hannibal was. Odd when you consider the fact that Hannibal Lechter plays no part in it. Rebecca Breeds leaves her soap opera life behind and has a career defining role. It's too bad she was only a kid when Hannibal was made, because I'd take her over Julianne Moore in a heartbeat. The story was great, the cast was excellent, I really would have loved to see where the series went, and learned more about how Clarice went from being the wide eye naive agent to the jaded woman she became in the sequel, but as is often the case with network television, I guess I'll never know.
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It’s a mix of good news and bad news, but the good news is the bad news gets better.
There might be decent cop show beneath the layers of aggressive stylization. Writers are more willing to address racism than many similar network cop shows. ... But constantly linking it to the Hannibal story is a reach, undermining what makes the series unique. But through the mess of moths and unbearable moodiness, it's hard to see anything else.
There is an interesting drama to be written about the future adventures of Agent Starling. Clarice (Alibi), unfortunately, isn’t it, but rather a by-numbers procedural.
“Clarice” is a tiresome retread of the dramas that were created in its mothership’s image. It’s no better than most of its fellow post-“Silence” crime shows.
Clarice, the character, has been turned into a quivering mess, and Clarice, the show, makes the fatal mistake of thinking that Clarice’s trauma is the most interesting thing about her. ... The real problem with CBS’s version of Clarice stems from the writing. ... While Episodes 2 and 3 show promising signs of Clarice using her investigative skills, that’s all undermined by scenes where supporting characters can get her to unravel with a few mundane questions.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Not too bad for a 2021 show. Although it includes political correctness it is not over done and is believable. The most off putting part of the series is the psyco babble nonsense that takes up so much time and is so central to the plot.
It's not clear to me whether she's licking her flat mate's bean or not but I choose to think she's not.
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Not yet given up on this but I have to admit it is overly dramatic. It seems like it lacks substance and uses flash backs as filler at times. For example we have been through buffalo bill and her ptsd yet it keeps resurfacing. The acting is not bad but over all it never seems like it accomplished what it set out to do. It is derived from an Oscar winner highly acclaimed movie. So the stakes were and are high. the of co
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For all the pretty production qualities , you’d think they can write a better script and storyline. Lost interest! See no future with this series or supportive cast. Disappointing!
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Here we go again with the formulaic, legacy-broadcast mediocrity à la Criminal Minds and CSI: A circle of smart people gather round and each one in turn says something astute and helpful, resulting in epiphanies. Only a small notch above Criminal Minds, the show is stuck way down in the well and will never reach anything like the level of Silence of the Lambs.
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Production Company:
- Secret Hideout
- Tiny Core of Rage Entertainment
- The Elizabeth Diaries
- CBS Studios
- MGM/UA Television
Initial Release Date: Feb 11, 2021
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Directors Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination
