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Black Mirror: Mazey Day (TV)

Black Mirror: Mazey Day

2023

Uta Briesewitz

Zazie Beetz, Clara Rugaard, Danny Ramirez, Robbie Tann ...

4.7

5,599

Mystery. Drama. Horror “Directed by Uta Briesewitz, a troubled starlet is dogged by invasive paparazzi while dealing with the consequences of a hit-and-run incident. It stars Zazie Beetz, Clara Rugaard, and Danny Ramirez.”

	Media	Author	Review
		Angie Han The Hollywood Reporter	"'Mazey Day' should in theory slot right into the present trend of entertainments reckoning with the most toxic excesses of aughts celebrity culture. But it covers little ground that hasn't already been picked over by [other films]"
		Fletcher Peters The Daily Beast	"Both unfunny and hard to look at, this penultimate episode has nearly no merits"
		Neil Armstrong BBC	"The satire in 'Mazey Day', the weakest episode of the five and, at 40 minutes long, the shortest ever, is distinctly heavy-handed and the target at which it is aimed it is hardly new or unusual"
		Ed Power Telegraph	"A thrilling snapshot of early Noughties celeb culture (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Samantha Nelson IGN	"[It] feels pointless but is at least only 40 minutes long"
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"'Mazey Day' clumsily [makes] clear that we cannot resist pursuing knowledge and pursuing fame, even when it was safer and more pleasant not knowing and existing in anonymity"
		Kristy Puchko Mashable	"The camera concept works, but even with a gnarly third-act twist, Brooker isn't saying anything all that new about the evils of the tabloid industry"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"Genre fans are bound to love this episode which is one of the shortest in the season. It evolves in a somewhat slow and mysterious way, but the final act is full steam ahead (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"It plays as a hoary and slightly unnecessary lecture"
		Daniel Hart Ready Steady Cut	"While entertaining, it does miss the mark (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"Ironically, the season’s shortest episode is the one most in need of extra time"
		Kayleigh Dray AV Club	"One of our favorites, despite the fact it isn't really focused on tech (...) The kind of more that will have you howling at your TV before the credits roll"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"The quality drops markedly beyond that, with 'Mazey Day'"
		Steve Greene IndieWire	"Maybe the most frustrating installment of Season 6 finds the show at its most and least inspired"
		Leila Jordan Paste Magazine	"[It] spins the wheels of its premise until it decides to throw the whole bike away and just start running through the woods on one foot (...) It's one of ['Black Mirror']'s greatest missteps"
		John Nugent Empire	"That Brooker can still pull the rug from under us remains impressive. 'Mazey Day' [is] an unflinching take on early '00s bottom-feeding paparazzi, morphs into something else entirely"

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