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The Better Sister
Season 1 Premiere: May 28, 2025
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4.6
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
56
31% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
54% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
15% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
56
31% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
54% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
15% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Judging by “The Better Sister,” a series can start out being stupid and obvious and eventually make fun of the stupid and the obvious, all the while upscaling its own genre. .... “The Better Sister” finds a groove with characters who are so vile you can’t stop watching them.
Whether you want catharsis and consolation in the form of Biel and Banks trading poor taste zingers between flashbacks to their communal childhood trauma is a matter of personal taste. But when it comes to reassuring downfalls, this decent-enough drama knows how to play the game.
Their bickering, at turns tense and mildly funny, is where the show is at its best, when Biel and Banks aren’t being asked to play types, but to connect on a more fundamental level.
There are intriguing ideas set up in The Better Sister, but unfortunately, the show wastes too much time on boring subplots to truly explore them with the nuance they deserve.
The finale is all dry plot machinations, even scattering breadcrumbs for a repetitive second season despite Amazon billing the show as a limited series. Like Sirens and Long Bright River, this is an over-extended movie that nobody would make as a movie, even with big names like Biel and Banks as its stars.
Tt ultimately reads as a stale and redundant crime thriller that doesn’t thrill at all. In fact, at times I struggled to stay interested in one part of the show. .... You’re better off queueing up Defending Jacob, Bad Sisters, Presumed Innocent, or The Sinner instead.
By Hope Sloop
FULL REVIEW
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 User Ratings
4.6
29% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
35% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
35% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 User Ratings
4.6
29% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
35% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
35% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
As the series starts, a woman (Jessica Biel) finds her husband (Corey Stoll) murdered in their home. Soon after, her somewhat estranged sister (Elizabeth Banks) shows up. While they try to piece together the truth behind the crime, they struggle to piece their relationship back together. This involves way too much sister-centric dialogue to the point of boredom/frustration. The murder case is moderately interesting with some mild surprises, but the continual sideline of the familial conflict always holds sway. The performances are fine with Banks enjoying her bad girl character. This is yet another series that might have been a tight, tense 4-part thriller, but the wasted subplots and endless talk doom this series to mediocracy. (8 one-hour eps)
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Production Company:
- Tomorrow Studios
- Amazon MGM Studios
- Puny Voice
Initial Release Date: May 28, 2025
Number of seasons: 1 Season