TV show's Ratings

    Completed

    11

    " Father. Husband. Brother. Liar?"
    Country
    Spoken Language
    Runtime 42 – 52 min
    Premiere: World August 25, 2021
    Channel Netflix
    Premiere: USA August 25, 2021
    Parental Advisory Profanity, Frightening & Intense Scenes, Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking, ...
    • Profanity

      plenty

    • Frightening & Intense Scenes

      average

    • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

      average

    • Violence & Gore

      few

    • Sex & Nudity

      few

    Production Companies Matchbox PicturesMaster Key ProductionHeyday Television...Tony Ayres Productions (TAP)

    Description

    When family man Nick Brewer is abducted in a crime with a sinister online twist, those closest to him race to uncover who is behind it and why.
    Season 1
    e1 — Episode 1  

    The Sister

    August 25, 2021 6.8
    e2 — Episode 2  

    The Detective

    August 25, 2021 6.6
    e3 — Episode 3  

    The Wife

    August 25, 2021 7.2
    e4 — Episode 4  

    The Mistress

    August 25, 2021 7.1
    e5 — Episode 5  

    The Reporter

    August 25, 2021 7.2
    e6 — Episode 6  

    The Brother

    August 25, 2021 7.9
    e7 — Episode 7  

    The Son

    August 25, 2021 7.6
    e8 — Episode 8  

    The Answer

    August 25, 2021 7.0

    Сast and Crew

    Production

    In August 2019, it was announced Netflix would produce an 8-episode series created and produced by Tony Ayres and Christian White, with David Heyman serving as producer under his Heyday Television banner, with Brad Anderson set as lead director. In December 2019, Zoe Kazan, Betty Gabriel, Adrian Grenier and Phoenix Raei joined the cast. In February 2020, Abraham Lim, Jessie Collins, Ian Meadows, Daniel Henshall, Motell Foster, Jaylin Fletcher and Cameron Engels joined the cast. Principal photography began in December 2019. Production on the series was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In November 2020, the series resumed filming in Melbourne. Clickbait was released on Netflix on August 25, 2021.

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    Critique: 20

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    The Guardian August 27, 2021

    Clickbait is yet another digital-concerned show/film that gestures at big ideas about the internet – catfishing, cancel culture, surveillance...

    News.com.au September 11, 2021

    While Clickbait isn’t quite the series you were expecting, its lack of thematic and character depth doesn’t detract too much from what...

    scpr.org March 26, 2021

    It feels unnecessary at best and irresponsible at worst.

    San Jose Mercury News August 26, 2021

    [A] cynical and violent exercise that never figures out which story it wants to tell.

    Wall Street Journal August 25, 2021

    Because it’s broken into character-specific installments, Clickbait can’t help but feel prolonged, though it has a compelling cent...

    Collider August 27, 2021

    Start watching at your own peril. And know that it honestly doesn’t get better by the end.

    Boston Globe August 31, 2021

    Alas, I finished Clickbait feeling had, as though – to use the title – I’d clicked on something that promised a bit of substance bu...

    Sydney Morning Herald September 16, 2021

    Clickbait asks big questions and keeps you hooked…

    Paste Magazine August 27, 2021

    Clickbait starts off by flirting with some compelling thought exercises, but it’s flattened by paper-thin characters.

    The Age (Australia) August 25, 2021

    These are big questions to wrap in the form of a pulp thriller, but Clickbait does a pretty good job of balancing the desire to make us t...

    Variety March 26, 2021

    A caper of this type needs tense set pieces, surprising twists, idiosyncratic characters or charismatic stars – ideally, all the above ...

    Detroit News March 29, 2021

    The scene, the setting and the characters are all familiar, but "The Vault" moves nimbly and efficiently through the motions. Consider this ba...

    Hollywood Reporter August 27, 2021

    Clickbait isn’t brainy enough to add to the already ongoing conversations around the dangers of the internet, and yet it’s not brazen e...

    Detroit News August 27, 2021

    Obviously "Clickbait" has things to say about internet technology, misinformation and the alarming, potentially dangerous speed of modern media. Bu...

    Variety August 23, 2021

    Clickbait seems to be forcefully arguing after the viewer’s conceded: Yes, the internet has made anonymous misbehavior much easier. But is th...

    CNN.com August 25, 2021

    Clickbait is one of those intriguing ideas that’s likely to lose followers as it progresses, a social-media-age whodunit that features a...

    RogerEbert.com August 25, 2021

    Clickbait grabs you, whizzes you along, and leaves you feeling satisfied before you forget everything you just watched.

    Chicago Sun-Times August 24, 2021

    Sometimes you get a legit wine-and-popcorn, guilty-pleasure satisfaction from these shows. Sometimes not.

    AV Club August 27, 2021

    Clickbait wants to send powerful messages about the dangers of social media in the digital age, but the hackneyed writing and unfathomable reveals...

    Chicago Sun-Times March 27, 2021

    Liam Cunningham and Freddie Highmore lead the sparkling cast of thieves just crazy enough to try to claim treasure buried deep under the Bank of Sp...

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    Watched

    A vivid example of how any interest in a good series can be killed by a completely stupid, illogical and far-fetched ending in the spirit of "if only no one guessed." If you like twists for the sake of twists – look, maybe this will come in. But I felt like I was being treated like an idiot.

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    Watched

    Cool series. I watched it in one day! Riddles, secrets, again and again new versions! Famously twisted plot!

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    Watched

    A truly exciting series. Not just a detective, but also many important accents. For example, about how gadgets affect our lives and whether online dating is dangerous

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    Won't Watch

    The series didn’t go over well. It was all very contrived and cheap.

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    Watched

    Everything is good in this series, but the actress (Zoe Kazan) is just terrible in every way)! I guess I’m the only one who thinks so :)

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    Watched

    A good series that focuses on important things in the era of social networks. Unexpected ending.

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    Watched

    A series with a strong detective core. Who is the villain is unknown until the very end. However, Netflix hung anything on this whole thing: the harm of social networks, a soap opera, annoying journalists … Which turns a peppy series into a typical commercial film product with bloated timing.

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    Watched

    I liked it. The visuals are nice, the pop-up messages fit in well, it pleases the eye as a whole, there are no complaints about the picture at all. The development of events does not sag. There was no stupidity of the characters. I was interested throughout all the episodes. The series is quite cheerful and lifelike.

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    Watched

    This is not only a detective investigation, it is also a psychological drama. The plot is twisted, keeps you in suspense, you constantly wonder, so what is guilty. I never got around to the last episode.

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    Watched

    A strong detective, with an unusual protagonist – the younger sister of the missing protagonist. Unexpectedly, the Family underdog becomes the leader of the drama. The plot is impossible to predict. The brain works intensively on the solution. But in vain, to provide scenario moves turns out to be mission imposs

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    Watched

    Quite good – the intrigue is not revealed until the very end, I liked the sister’s character. There are illogical places, but apparently this cannot be avoided in TV series. Fresh and topical.

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