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- Netflix
- Jan 25, 2024
- Netflix
- Jan 25, 2024
Summary The limited series created by Eric Newman and Andrés Baiz focuses on Griselda Blanco (Sofía Vergara), a major player in the cocaine drug trade in Miami during the 1970s and 80s.
Created By: Carlo Bernard, Ingrid Escajeda, Doug Miro, Eric Newman
- Netflix
- Jan 25, 2024
- Netflix
- Jan 25, 2024
Summary The limited series created by Eric Newman and Andrés Baiz focuses on Griselda Blanco (Sofía Vergara), a major player in the cocaine drug trade in Miami during the 1970s and 80s.
Created By: Carlo Bernard, Ingrid Escajeda, Doug Miro, Eric Newman
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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58% Positive
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42% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
64
58% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
42% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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It doesn’t fulfil the promise it had to present us with something different, something deeper. But it remains hugely enjoyable, well paced and gorgeous to look at throughout.
“Griselda” doesn’t necessarily elevate the bar for drug-running dramas — except for Vergara’s performance, Knut Loewe’s exceptional production design and the dead-on costume designs and hairstyles. But its mission is accomplished with such ferocity and clarity of purpose. Dig out that old pair of angels flight pants and just enjoy.
Griselda doesn’t always meet Vergara’s ambitions, often settling for being a fairly standard drug trade tale with little in the way of a tangible style or legitimate surprises beyond a few unexpected kills. But the actress elevates the material into something much more absorbing than what’s on the surface.
Even though it’s based on a real person, the limited series’ beats are visible from miles away, and it’s the rare show that feels like it could’ve used two extra episodes if only to avoid an abrupt ending.
Vergara's job is to convey the darkness while also commanding enough sympathy for the character to carry the series. Which she does. She is the reason to watch.
As dramatically shoddy as Griselda increasingly becomes, Vergara keeps it watchable.
While Vergara gives it her all, she can never make us truly care about a character so morally hollow at the core. For all its highs, Griselda is ultimately a bit of a downer.
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Based on 5 User Ratings
5.2
40% Positive
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User Score
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Based on 5 User Ratings
5.2
40% Positive
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60% Negative
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