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Series Details & Credits
| HULU | Release Date: May 9, 2022 |
Summary:
The miniseries created by Robin Veith is based on the true story of Candy Montgomery (Jessica Biel), who killed her neighbor Betty Gore (Melanie Lynskey) with an axe in 1980 Texas.
Creator:
Robin Veith
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
Recent Episodes
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S1:E5. The Fight
Air Date: May 9, 2022
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S1:E4. Cover Girl
Air Date: May 9, 2022
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S1:E3. Overkill
Air Date: May 9, 2022
Positive:
9
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
The Playlist
May 3, 2022
May 9, 2022
May 9, 2022
Season 1 Review:
There is also the reasons why the seemingly put-together Candy managed to snap to begin with. Going back to reconstruct all of that will be interesting to watch, especially given the performances of Biel and Lynskey. ... Candy makes a good case that more true-crime dramas should be about the lead up and the aftermath of an event, not the event itself.
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The Daily Beast
May 9, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Candy hints at the more sure-footed series—or perhaps, made-for-TV movie—that might have been. ... I found myself consistently wishing that the show had allowed itself just one more inch of latitude—just a little more humor here, a bit more idiosyncratic energy there. In the absence of real tension, Candy has a tendency to spin its wheels—a slightly sour note on an otherwise sweet formula.
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Collider
May 3, 2022
May 5, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Candy starts strong. ... Once it catches back up with the murder, however, “Candy” starts to show its seams. Having moved past the perhaps easier to adapt stories of how Betty and Candy lived their daily lives, the series’ march toward its unsatisfying end quickly causes it to lose grip on its own narrative and strengths. ... This one ultimately stumbles right when it really counts.
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May 6, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Mostly, though, it feels like an attempt by the series to put a neat little bow on a narrative that, over five hourlong episodes, has become increasingly muddled and unwieldy. ... “That’s it?” Betty asks incredulously near the close of the series, frowning at the pointlessness of it all. She might as well have been speaking for me.
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May 13, 2022
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Apr 30, 2023
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May 30, 2022
mediocre and bloated as so many other similar shows. Just another well-produced but poor quality mass consumer good. Kleenex TV.
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May 11, 2022
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: May 9, 2022
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S1:E5. The Fight
Air Date: May 9, 2022
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S1:E4. Cover Girl
Air Date: May 9, 2022
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S1:E3. Overkill
Air Date: May 9, 2022
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S1:E2. Happy Wife, Happy Life
Air Date: May 9, 2022
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S1:E1. Friday the 13th
Air Date: May 9, 2022
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Season 1 Overview