Nancy DeWolf Smith, Wall Street Journal
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For 188 reviews, this critic has graded:
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62% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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35% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4.4 points higher than other critics.
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Nancy DeWolf Smith's Scores
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| Average review score: | 68 |
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100
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10
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 132 out of 188
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Mixed: 43 out of 188
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Negative: 13 out of 188
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Nancy DeWolf Smith 30
Some shading aside, some occasional twinges of remorse, nothing can hide the fact that these people have no souls to lose, no character to develop. Apart from looking for "Godfather" homage moments, there isn't more to root for here than there is at a cage fight.- Posted Apr 8, 2011
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Nancy DeWolf Smith 30
Over five-plus hours, the miniseries would have had time to explore every nuance. But there are so few that rise above artifice, and so little dramatic action driving the plot, that even an actor as talented as Ms. Winslet can hardly fill the dead spaces.- Posted Mar 25, 2011
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Nancy DeWolf Smith 20
In the three episodes HBO made available to reviewers, however, the only moment of transcendence for the viewer occurs when some of the characters take to the sea on their boards and ride the waves in an "Endless Summer" moment that comes as a blessed relief after the inexplicable chaos of what precedes it -- and is over too soon. -
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Nancy DeWolf Smith 10
As they stumble from one brutal act to another, accompanied by a hip rock soundtrack, we're not watching dramatic art; it's more like "Dawson's Creek" for psychopaths. -
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Nancy DeWolf Smith 10
If it's relevant and reflects the hip themes of today, perhaps nobody will notice wooden acting, ludicrous dialogue and a plot so convoluted that the whole enterprise has as much tension as a broken violin string. -
