Minahan wants us to see ourselves in the dark mirror of this outrageously funny satire. He's built the laughs wisely so they stick in our throats.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: Devin Gordon
Whether Series 7, filmed on digital video for less than $1 million, is reactive or prescient doesn’t change the fact that it’s a dead-on parody of the form.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
The murder as entertainment premise of Series 7 is proof that even the blackest of humor is no longer particularly outrageous.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
A gritty, immediate, down-and-dirty satire with a down-and-dirty look.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
As entertainment, such dark material can only stretch so far, and Series 7 comes awfully close to being as numbing as the genre it mocks. But its power can't be denied.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
The suspense may be fraudulently manufactured but it captivates us nevertheless, and by the end we're reduced to the bloodlusting anonymity of the true culprits in all this jaded junk, and that is the TV audience.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
It's only fitting that we emerge from Series 7 feeling both entertained and implicated.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
As Series 7 speeds toward its inevitable conclusion, at least the contenders make this downward spiral something to savor.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Amy Taubin
Series 7 could have turned out as ugly as the second season of "Survivor," were it not for the pleasure Minahan takes in melodrama.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
It's not the idea that people will kill each other for entertainment that makes Series 7 jolting. What the movie correctly perceives is that somewhere along the line we've lost all sense of shame in our society.Read Full Review »
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