On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 95%, based on 57 reviews with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Catnip for cinephiles and a welcome spotlight for the spellbinding Alicia Vikander, Irma Vep is a worthwhile expansion of writer-director Olivier Assayas' cinematic opus". On Metacritic, it has a score of 84 out of 100, based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
