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Dirty John (TV Miniseries)

Dirty John

2018

Alexandra Cunningham (Creator), Jeffrey Reiner

Eric Bana, Connie Britton, Juno Temple, Alexander Gomez ...

5.7

962

TV Series. Drama TV Series (2018). 8 Episodes. Dirty John is a true crime story focusing on the life and exploits of John Meehan (Eric Bana) nicknamed Dirty John. L.A. Times Journalist Christopher Goffard first heard of Meehan when he learned that the police were investigating a possible murder in Newport Beach. Upon investigating, Goffard discovered a bizarre web of deceit and abuse. The main focus of the story is Meehan's relationship with ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Caroline Framke Variety	"[It] might excite original diehard 'Dirty John' fans (...) Good storytelling in one medium doesn’t necessarily make sense in another."	NEU
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Some of the essential vitality and veracity of the material has been lost. In its place, I can't point to much insight or advantage added by the new medium."	NEG
United States	Kristen Baldwin Entertainment Weekly	"Britton is perfectly cast as Debra (...) [Bana] pivots from charming to chilling and back again with astonishing ease."	POS
United States	Bethonie Butler The Washington Post	"Bana’s sinister turn as John (...) doesn’t include any charm, which puts the show in shaky territory from the very beginning (...) I expected so much more"	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"The casting, certainly, helps elevate the material (...) The main problem with 'Dirty John' (...) is that as structured here, his web of lies begin unraveling pretty quickly."	NEU
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"'Dirty John', Bravo’s new limited series adapted from the podcast of the same name, does the unthinkable: It makes you not care about Connie Britton."	NEG

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