Critics are split right down the middle about Netflix ’s new thriller The Beast In Me .

Starring Homeland’s Claire Danes and The Americans’ Matthew Rhys , and produced by Oscar winner Jodie Foster and US television icon Conan O’Brien, the show has all the ingredients of a gripping series.

In the lead-up to its release, the eight-part series received a string of five-star reviews, with critics hailing it as “astonishing”, “addictive” and an instant “classic”.

Others were less convinced, comparing it unfavourably to some of Netflix’s more pedestrian offerings – but even those reviews that are more critical still conceded that it’s ideal binge-viewing material for those who like that sort of thing.

Here’s what critics are saying about The Beast In Me…

The Guardian (5/5)

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