Appropriate Adult fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, emotionally cool.
Tense and violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, a real life story, and history
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
Functional look and sound
Tense and violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Appropriate Adult is tense and violent. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving and melancholic. Much of it is about family.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Crime, a real life story, and history
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around crime, a real life story, and history. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
The performances, characters, and direction stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Appropriate Adult is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Peacock Premium+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on The CW, Pluto TV, and Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 72/100 (IMDb 7.3 and Metacritic 77). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence, sexual content, strong language, and disturbing imagery.
1 season
It has 1 season with 2 episodes of about 90 minutes each.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Not quite. Critics rate Appropriate Adult higher (77) than audiences (66). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It ran from 2011 to 2011 and has ended.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom.
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