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- 2021
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary Nick Brewer (Adrian Grenier) disappears one day and reappears in an online video. As his family try to find him, they discover another side of Nick in this Tony Ayres and David Heyman thriller.
Created By: Tony Ayres, Christian White
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Clickbait
Season 1 Premiere: Aug 25, 2021
47
5.6
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Summary Nick Brewer (Adrian Grenier) disappears one day and reappears in an online video. As his family try to find him, they discover another side of Nick in this Tony Ayres and David Heyman thriller.
Created By: Tony Ayres, Christian White
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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64% Mixed
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9 Reviews
21% Negative
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3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
47
14% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
21% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
For the most part, though, the ensemble’s work feels urgent and in the moment, and that matters for a series like this. Ultimately, “Clickbait” doesn’t say anything singular about the anonymity of the Internet, and it flirts with a lot of big ideas it doesn’t pursue as vigorously as it could have. ... But a show that went down those roads wouldn’t have been “Clickbait,” and also probably wouldn’t have been this silly or low-brow entertaining.
Clickbait is, by its very definition, deceptive, misleading and prone to leaving you feeling slightly cheated. Yet overall, this modestly diverting whodunit manages to sustain, as well as draw, your attention without insulting your intelligence.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 User Ratings
5.6
48% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
28% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
24% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 User Ratings
5.6
48% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
28% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
24% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Clickbait wants to send powerful messages about the dangers of social media in the digital age, but the hackneyed writing and unfathomable reveals can’t save the show from the irony of being nothing more than an intriguing title.
“Clickbait” has a suitably noir-ish look and a few neat wrinkles, but far too often, we branch out and fall down too many different rabbit holes. ... The cast turns in solid work and we appreciate the ambition and scope and timeliness of the subject matter, but the payoff is delivered off in currency that’s pure counterfeit.
The show’s problems start with the fact that, well, it’s doing this over eight 45-ish-minute episodes. ... It’s not so incompetent as to be dismissed as total trash, but nor is it interesting enough to embrace as a hidden gem. It’s just kind of there, waiting for someone to find its title provocative enough to give it a click.
“Clickbait” starts to stretch credulity in chapter two and then just keeps digging deeper and deeper into its own silly hole. Again, the structure amplifies this sense because characters come and go in service of the gimmick, which further highlights the thinness of the entire project. None of them feel three-dimensional, and the mystery is too dumb to make up for the lack of depth.
This is yet another series that wants to be taken seriously thanks to the trappings of prestige drama, but gives us nothing but dreck. And yet, it’s too boring and offensive to be camp, either. I wish it could be the kind of Lifetime movie-level story that one could cuddle up and cackle along with; instead it’s deeply miscalculated in its delusions of grandeur.
Немного держит в напряге! Мне понравилось! Интересная история от Нетфликс!.
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The problem I have with these kind of stories, is not the fact that the message about the dangers of technology is present, even if that message is unsuccessful. More than anything because anyone with enough knowledge knows those risks.
No, my problem is the lack of depth and personality that is given to the subject. Because that very same subject is only useful as a screen to develop an intrigue that battles to widely separated extremes in order to keep you tied and interested in knowing the outcome.
And the thing is that its own title serves according to what this miniseries is.
And what lies behind does not correspond one bit to the enormous aspirations that it obviously has.
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Almost did something cool, but ultimately a poor execution of tired, gimmicky ideas. There's some real kitch dialogue, and the woke is at about a 9. Too much character development for not enough plot. This could be a decent, trim 2 hour thriller. I'm surprised an actor (AND director more impressively) of Zoe Kazan took something like this, but Ibet it pays for her next real project.
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I only made it through one episode of this series, which seemed to have been written by algorithm -- with every "edgy thriller" cliche imaginable thrown in. Though I thought the plot sounded intriguing at first, the phony characters and dialogue killed it for me.
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Production Company:
- Master Key Production
- Heyday Television
- Matchbox Pictures
- Tony Ayres Productions (TAP)
Initial Release Date: Aug 25, 2021
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination
