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The Consultant (TV Series)

The Consultant

2023

Tony Basgallop (Creator), Charlotte Brändström ...

Christoph Waltz, Nat Wolff, Brittany O'Grady, Aimee Carrero ...

5.8

2,218

TV Series. Thriller. Drama. Comedy Follows a relationship between employee and boss, asking how far we will go to get ahead, and to survive.

	Author	Review
United States	Remus Noronha Collider	"Christoph Waltz leads an eerie, unpredictable, and bonkers thriller series (...) The sheer suspense will have you breezing through episodes, eager for more"	POS
United States	Annie Berke AV Club	"Christoph Waltz can't save Prime Video's workplace thriller (...) if this is Prime Video’s attempt to capitalize on the success of 'Severance', the final product lacks the concentrated, speculative concept of its precursor"	NEU
United States	Nick Schager The Daily Beast	"Even if Waltz’s protagonist is ultimately an easy riddle to decipher (...) 'The Consultant' paints a cynical portrait of 21st-century business as a ruthless arena in which the means always justify the ends"	POS
United Kingdom	Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"Christoph Waltz really is immaculate in this drama (...) Fun, and perfectly, perfectly fine. As I said: no more, no less (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Emma Loffhagen London Evening Standard	"There are some satisfying twists and relatively intriguing question marks. But ultimately, there isn't quite enough meat in this to make it truly memorable"	NEU
United States	Tara Ariano Vanity Fair	"Once you start seeing the holes in the central mystery, the show that surrounds them doesn't offer enough reasons to keep watching"	NEG
United Kingdom	James Hibbs Radio Times	"The best thing about this well-paced comedy-thriller is how utterly ludicrous it is (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"If, however, you’re placing that much responsibility on one actor and one character in an eight-episode season, you’d darned well better do something impressive by the end. Or at least interesting. 'The Consultant' does not."	NEU
United States	Keith Phipps TV Guide	"'The Consultant' is as fast paced as it is darkly comic, mixing corporate satire and moral dilemmas (...) At once clever and ridiculous, its 30-minute installments play out like chapters in a slick page-turner."	POS
United States	Karama Horne The Wrap	"A solid addition to the horror genre and an interesting take on corporate culture. The standout performance from Christoph Waltz adds depth to the series and keeps viewers engaged"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"Waltz isn't ['The Consultant']'s only asset, but everything beyond him feels like a bonus. Watching him work is compensation enough to ensure that this series earns its stripes"	NEU
United States	John Anderson The Wall Street Journal	"The series strings us along with unresolved questions, presuming we'll stay fascinated, in a way that's become irritatingly common among eight-part series"	NEG
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"The show has a sinuous and creepy charm, though I can’t deny that at times I wished it were a touch more cerebral (...) Still, it’s an engaging watch, with Waltz in fine form"	POS
United States	Shane Ryan Paste Magazine	"Impressively claustrophobic, dystopian, and discomfiting? Yes, absolutely. But that's about all it's got, and that's not enough (...) Rating: ★★★★★★ (out of 10)"	NEU
United States	Brian Tallerico The Playlist	"At only 8 episodes, the whole thing is perfect for a weekend binge-watch. Ultimately, it’s not a bad show because it’s never a boring show, but it also feels like it never quite clicks into its full potential"	POS
Denmark	Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"Christoph Waltz is brutal in the title role (...) With both brutal dark comedy and serious psychological thriller elements, it truly is a glorious hybrid (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Peter Martin Screen Anarchy	"Nice work if you can get it (...) The series errs on the side of weird and mysterious, rather than entirely logical and reasonable"	NEU
United States	Kristen Baldwin Entertainment Weekly	"This bonkers comedy-thriller burnishes the familiar deal-with-the-devil conceit with chipper, unapologetic cynicism, and appealing performances from its trio of leads"	POS
United States	Kelly Lawler USA Today	"The series defies all expectations while sucking you into the strange story"	POS
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"It loses its edge (...) it struggles to build much of a plot out of its symbol"	NEG
United States	Steven Scaife Slant	"In the rush for buzzy, batshit absurdity, it neglects to establish any semblance of normalcy and we have so little sense of the characters’ personal lives that any mention of them feels jarring (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG

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