Parents' Guide to

Who Killed Sara?

By Martin Brown, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 17+

Mexican crime family drama has violence, sex.

TV Netflix Drama 2021
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this TV show.

Community Reviews

age 18+

Based on 3 parent reviews

age 18+

My 7 children

This show was highly provocative as I was so happy to watch that. My 10 year old son, 8 years old daughter, 14 years old son, 17 years old daughter shes the oldest, 5 yr old daughter, 12 yo son, and 2 yo son are not allowed to watch this show until they're 18 and out of school

This title has:

Too much sex
Too much swearing
age 18+

NOT for children or adults very disturbing

Very disturbing series with scenes with sexual violence. Definitely NOT for children and even disturbing for adults.

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (3):
Kids say (3):

Sometimes a murder mystery is just a set-up for a good, old fashioned family melodrama. That's certainly the case for Who Killed Sara?, which feels like a bit of a throwback to Desperate Housewives or Revenge-era prime time. The problem is that the series never really follows through on the promise of the mystery itself. Instead, it focuses on the Lazcano crime family, which is made up almost exclusively of cliched, generalized characters, while the identity of the killer quickly begins to feel like something just meant to string viewers along.

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