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Black Mirror – Season 3, Episode 3

Shut Up and Dance

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Air Date: Oct 21, 2016

Sci-Fi

Drama

67%

24 Reviews

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When a teenager falls into an online trap, he is forced into an uneasy alliance.

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Terrifically tense and twisty, "Shut Up and Dance" is well-paced and incredibly unsettling, leaving viewers stunned and with a greater distaste for humanity than normally evoked from an average episode Black Mirror.

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Annabel Jones

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Jackie Strause

Hollywood Reporter

Lawther's performance stands out and the episode will leave viewers questioning humanity.

Nov 20, 2018

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Charles Bramesco

New York Magazine/Vulture

There's some decent character work in the middle...but the rest is sheer unpleasantness in want of a greater statement.

Oct 4, 2018

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Tim Molloy

TheWrap

No episode of "Black Mirror" will leave you feeling worse about humanity than this one. It's brilliantly plotted and paced, and the ultimate prank is on you. Oh, also? It could happen.

Oct 3, 2018

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Donnie Kwak

The Ringer

“Shut Up and Dance” is one of the more chilling Black Mirror episodes because there is nothing futuristic or fantastical about it...

Jul 18, 2023

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Jacob Hall

Slashfilm

It's not that "Shut Up and Dance" is a bad hour of entertainment - it's that it's a half-measure approach to a concept we've seen done a dozen times before and frequently executed with more menace and wit.

Dec 4, 2018

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Aubrey Page

Collider

"Shut Up and Dance" certainly has its merits, but it's also perhaps the most succinct example of just how wrong Black Mirror can go.

Oct 3, 2018

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Episode Synopsis

When a teenager falls into an online trap, he is forced into an uneasy alliance.

Director: James Watkins
Executive Producer: Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker
Screenwriter: Charlie Brooker
Network: Netflix
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Release Date: Oct 21, 2016
Run Time: 52 min.