![]() ![]() Sometimes you get a legit wine-and-popcorn, guilty-pleasure satisfaction from these shows. The Chicago Sun-Times gave Clickbait 2 out of 4 stars, drawing a thick line between binge-watching and cringe-watching, as well as providing a warning for the reveal of a rage-inducing plot twist.Ĭringe-watching is when try out a series and it’s filled with implausible plot turns and soap opera cliffhangers from the jump - but you can’t help it, you have to see this thing through. Both existed in the shadow of Nick’s goodness - Pia as black-sheep sibling, Sophie as less devoted spouse - and each seems dazed as she confronts the new reality the web has opened up in their lives. With each episode devoted to the point of view of a different character, the installments focused on Nick’s sister, Pia (Zoe Kazan), and his wife, Sophie (Betty Gabriel), are the strongest. That family does the heavy lifting on this limited series. If nothing else, the critic found Clickbait’s commentary on character to be more effective than its approach to critiquing society. Variety continued waving the flag regarding Clickbait not needing to be an eight-part miniseries, positing that the project spoke loudly but ultimately didn’t have much to say with its volume. Everyone in Clickbait has secrets, but that’s not the same as having personality or interiority. Meanwhile, Clickbait offers precious little of the rich characterization or world-building that justifies the long hours spent on other TV mysteries, like Big Little Lies or Mare of Easttown. After a couple of episodes of incremental reveals and obvious red herrings, the temptation to just skip the rest and search for spoilers on Twitter becomes overpowering. The ultimate reveal of what’s really going on isn’t actually all that complicated or all that shocking Clickbait has simply decided to take six hours to solve a mystery that a feature film (or Black Mirror episode) could wrap up in a fraction of the time.
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