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- USA
- Feb 6, 2020
- USA
- Feb 6, 2020
- USA
- Feb 6, 2020
- USA
- Feb 6, 2020
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
66
63% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
On Briarpatch that protean mind [of creator Andy Greenwald] is put to surprisingly good use. Maybe the best idea Greenwald had was taking Benjamin Dill, the hero of Ross Thomas’s long-forgotten 1984 detective novel Briarpatch, and turning him into Allegra.
Dawson is a confident lead. ... She’s joined by a beautifully cast group of eccentrics. ... “Briarpatch” isn’t weighty, and thank heavens for that. There’s something to be said for a show that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that goes down as easy as a frosty drink on a hot afternoon.
Slick, colorful ... "Briarpatch" isn’t a knockout — much of the fun is in the discovery; in seeing the weird things emerge, not return.
Briarpatch has a wonderful cast and some inspired ideas; if it can slow down and figure out a more elegant way to deliver its fusion of icy cool and ramshackle quirk, St. Boniface will become a wry and appealing place for viewers to put down some roots.
Briarpatch wasn’t the subtlest of shows (see the zoo metaphor), but it was sleek and propulsive enough to make me want to find out more.
Briarpatch is lovely to look at and its story clicks along at an entertaining clip. The trouble is that the second you stop watching it, none of its burrs stick.
“Briarpatch” seems to pride itself on throwing in new strange details and characters when it can, but that type of goofy pulp becomes exhausting. Any glimmer of some spirited character work (like Edi Gathegi as a lawyer that Allegra trusts) is snuffed out by the bizarre feeling of watching a show that's so kooky and yet so stagnant.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
4.7
47% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
20% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
33% Negative
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5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
4.7
47% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
20% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
33% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
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