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True Lies (TV Series)

True Lies

2023

Matt Nix (Creator), Anthony Hemingway ...

Steve Howey, Ginger Gonzaga, Omar Miller, Erica Hernández ...

3.6

85

TV Series. Action TV Series (2023). 1 Season. 13 Episodes. A CBS series based on the popular film of the same name directed in 1994 by James Cameron. Like the film, main character Harry (Steve Howey) appears to be a benign suburban dad and computer salesman on the surface, when in reality he is a world-class spy. His unfulfilled wife Helen (Ginger Gonzaga) is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when she’s recruited to work alongside him to save ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"If you love James Cameron’s 1994 smash 'True Lies' it’s probably better not to think of CBS’ True Lies as having anything to do with it."	NEG
United States	Amber Dowling Variety	"Unfortunately, in updating the material, showrunner Matt Nix failed to keep the essence of what made the movie so fun in the first place: the lies between a husband and wife."	NEG
United States	Kelly Lawler USA Today	"'Lies' is a slog to get through, hacky and hammy where its inspiration was genuinely funny and thrilling. (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Nostalgia has become such a part of the pop culture landscape that it feels like things are getting remade out of contractual obligation more than a passion for the source material"	NEG
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"The show feels like an artifact from another age of network dramas, and not in a fun kind of way"	NEG
United States	Max Gao AV Club	"It struggles to reach the heights of its source material and, instead, turns into another spy procedural that feels encumbered by the confines of network TV."	NEU
United States	Coleman Spilde The Daily Beast	"The adaptation of James Cameron’s 1994 blockbuster has all the right parts, until it throws them into a blender and turns them into an unappealing and flavorless, gelatinous slop."	NEG
United States	Neal Justin Minneapolis Star Tribune	"It's unlikely that the TV series will come close to matching the success of the big-screen 'Lies' (...) But those who crave their action without the blood will be tempted to give it a try. And they'll be back."	POS
United States	Tania Hussain Collider	"The series is extensively campy, light on humor, and doesn’t pack the punch it needs to set itself apart from its predecessor."	NEG
United States	Tim Surette TV Guide	"'True Lies' feels like it's moving toward being an 'NCIS' or an 'FBI', with the slight wrinkle that two agents are married to each other."	NEG

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