Critic Reviews
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New York Daily News David Hinckley
Impact marks neither the first nor the last time TV tackles the potential destruction of the world, and summer seems to be prime time for that kind of good solid escapism. |
| 60 |
Variety Brian Lowry
Director Michael J. Rohl and his cast--including Steven Culp as a U.S. president dealt an even worse hand than Obama--tackle the increasingly preposterous gobbledygook with admirable conviction. |
| 50 |
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
I didn’t mind Impact’s well-paced goofiness, despite really wanting to mind it. |
| 30 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
You’ll be subjected to awkward plot exposition about the disaster via urgent news reports on TV, sputtering experts, and oh-so-shocked politicians--the kind of stiff exposition that gives scripted TV a bad name. |
| 30 |
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
Once presented, however cheesily, as major events, shows like ABC's two-part Impact, are now treated as the summer afterthoughts they seem to be: barely scripted programming built for an international audience and employing actors who generally deserve better. |
| 30 |
Salon Heather Havrilesky
There are a few random action sequences, but the mounting catastrophes feel like a lukewarm side dish to the big, bland entree of Impact, a stunningly slow, arduous journey through flat dialogue and idiotic astronomy. |
| 30 |
Washington Post Leslie Yazel
We like the sexy people in Impact. We just miss the sexy plot. |
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