Didn’t like: The on-the-nose soundtrack
There are famous pop songs scattered throughout Dead Ringers, including a fresh needle drop with each end credits sequence, and they tend to offer commentary on what’s come before with the delicate touch of a sledgehammer. Perhaps they’re meant as lighthearted ways to cut through the considerable tension that mounds with each episode, and the ‘80s jams do slyly nod to the 1988 film. But even still, “Tainted Love,” “Don’t You Want Me,” and more fill a playlist that feels a bit too on the nose for a show that otherwise strives to be, and mostly succeeds at, being an altogether unique viewing experience. But if Dead Ringers is aiming to be the opposite of subtle—creator Alice Birch and star Weisz did use the word “operatic” to describe it—maybe the song choices make sense after all.
All six episodes of Dead Ringers hit Prime Video April 21.
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