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Baby Reindeer (TV Miniseries)

Baby Reindeer

2024

Richard Gadd (Creator), Weronika Tofilska ...

Richard Gadd, Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau, Tom Goodman-Hill ...

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TV Series. Thriller. Drama. Horror TV Miniseries (2024). 7 Episodes. Based on a compelling true story, the hit 2019 Edinburgh Fringe one-man stage-play Baby Reindeer follows the writer and performer Richard Gadd's warped relationship with his female stalker and the impact it has on him as he is ultimately forced to face a deep, dark buried trauma.

	Media	Author	Review
		Jon O'Brien Radio Times	"Avoiding the usual stalker tropes, the Edinburgh favourite delivers a dark comedy masterclass on Netflix. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"With seven half-hour episodes, it’s almost impossible not to binge-watch. Especially as episode 1 is good at setting the stage for the crazy escalation we’re about to experience. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Rebecca Nicholson The Guardian	"Richard Gadd’s borderline horror about a female stalker is brilliantly eerie. It’s tense, creepily filmed television that will stay with you for a long time to come (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Benji Wilson Telegraph	"Richard Gadd’s superb stage show makes for gruelling, if compelling TV (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Vicky Jessop London Evening Standard	"Based on the star’s own experiences, this fascinating show has lost none of its bite since its days at the Edinburgh Fringe (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Aramide Tinubu Variety	"A brilliant and jarring account of stalking, victimization and emotional turmoil"
		Daniel Hart Ready Steady Cut	"It provokes its viewers. It catches you off guard by mixing comedy with overwhelming darkness. It's a hidden gem and a shiny one at that (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Joel Keller Decider	"A very bingeable show because it's funny while being incredibly dark, and it doesn't take the easy way out when it comes to its characters"
		Therese Lacson Collider	"A dark masterpiece that will leave you in shambles (...) This autobiographical miniseries is flawless, even if it's a difficult story to tell"
		Barbara Ellen The New York Observer	"What a vivid watch: a veritable operetta of trauma (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Opie Empire	"Richard Gadd confronts and processes his real-life trauma in a brave, moving, and often disturbing watch that's rooted in comedy, yet the tears you'll shed won't be tears of joy or laughter (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brittany Vincent IGN	"[It] is a complicated exploration of complex subject matter that pulls no punches and raises the bar for Netflix originals"
		Geordie Gray The Australian	"An adrenalised, darkly witty series"
		Nick Hilton The Independent	"This is twisty, mature, self-interrogating stuff that will leave you more troubled than tickled (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Craig Mathieson The Age	"A horror story couched in the recesses of comedy, it’s a painful, compelling viewing experience (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Hugo Rifkind The Times	"Different, troubling and really good"
		Oli Welsh Polygon	"'Baby Reindeer' is irresistible, quality TV"
		Sam Haysom Mashable	"It's messy, thought-provoking, and —like a dream that's difficult to shake— you'll find your mind going back to it long after the credits have rolled"
		Johanna Schneller The Globe and Mail	"'Baby Reindeer' transcends its trauma drama to succeed as art, because it does what good art does: It holds up a mirror to human experience and makes us feel less alone"
		Amelia Stout Slant	"A devastating portrayal of a man both traumatized by and dependent on his abusers' approval and attention (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe	"There is nothing pat or simplistic in the way Gadd lays it all out across seven half-hour episodes, and, most interestingly, there is very little self-righteousness afoot"

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