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True Story (TV Miniseries)

True Story

2021

Eric Newman (Creator), Stephen Williams ...

Kevin Hart, Wesley Snipes, William Catlett, Abbey Paige ...

6.3

620

TV Series. Thriller. Drama 7 episodes. A tour stop in Kid's hometown of Philadelphia becomes a matter of life and death for one of the world's most famous comedians.

	Media	Author	Review
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"A decently-executed but tired example of a particular kind of serialized thriller of which TV already has plenty (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Kristen Baldwin Entertainment Weekly	"Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes bolster flimsy thriller (...) The script can't quite make Kid's descent into darkness wholly convincing"
		Alex Maidy JoBlo	"[It] may be the best project of Hart’s career and a welcome showcase for Wesley Snipes (...) 'True Story' is a very unexpected surprise"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"A padded seven-episode (...) series with not nearly enough twists and turns to justify a cynical, logic-defying finale unlikely to satisfy anybody."
		LaToya Ferguson The Wrap	"It’s difficult to fully grasp why the creators of 'True Story' produced a (limited) series and not a feature film. In the latter form, the story would be a lot less drawn out"
		Joel Keller Decider	"Snipes plays such a dynamic role as Carlton, and his chemistry with Hart is fun to watch. The rest of True Story feels manufactured"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"This drama doesn’t have enough meat on its bones for seven chapters of television, and the story it does tell never once feels, well, 'true' (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"Snipes and Hart are both utterly compelling as brothers forced to dispose of dead bodies in the new Netflix thriller, but it all ends up feeling … unnecessary (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"This show epitomizes the post-”Breaking Bad” tendency to mistake extremity for meaning (...) Good as Snipes is, seven episodes is a long time to make the point that everyone around a superstar is on the take"
		Tambay Obenson IndieWire	"There's chemistry between the actors, who are working together for the first time, but it's let down by pedestrian writing in this Cain and Abel riff."
		Nick Allen The Playlist	"I wanted to follow 'True Story' to the end in spite of its shortcomings and in spite of the overbearing presence of its star (...) The best parts give us more of a glimpse at what he's got as an actor and an artist"

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