| 80 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
A terrific, six-hour miniseries, beautifully written and sharply directed. |
| 75 |
Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn
As much fun as the adventure is, the central mystery — what happened in that motel on that May date that created such cosmic blowback — is never truly explained. |
| 75 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
A very complex metaphysical mystery, the enjoyment of which comes, in no small part, from the surprises that spill out as it slowly unfurls. |
| 75 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
Bizarrely complicated and intriguing. |
| 70 |
Variety
Strange and clever, "The Lost Room" is full of winding corridors, peculiar twists and wry, oddball humor, set against a mystery that recalls TV's better Stephen King productions. |
| 70 |
LA Weekly Robert Abele
And while the quest story has the inevitable whiff of The Lord of the Rings about it... the episodes almost feel more like sci-fi Hitchcock than anything else. |
| 60 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
The tale's beyond complicated, to be sure. But it also may be the most watchable six hours of strangeness you'll see this season. |
| 60 |
The New York Times Virginia Heffernan
A quest romance in which Middle Earth is essentially Route 66, that national treasure, and some of its burned-out byways. |
| 60 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
A long ride to nowhere but with some nice scenery and exciting turns along the way. |
| 60 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
"The Lost Room" is certainly a more creative exercise than past Sci Fi miniseries (including "The Triangle"), but it sometimes feels rushed. |
| 60 |
Newsday Verne Gay
"Lost Room" is a shaggy dog story that gets shaggier with every scene. It's a tale as tall as the Empire State Building that threatens to topple in the merest breeze but - miraculously - never does. |
| 60 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Maybe the best thing about this miniseries is the weird assortment of characters. |
| 60 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
It's a supernatural mystery, involving a few ghosts, a little time travel and lots of crazy people. People who have been missing The X-Files might really go for The Lost Room. |
| 40 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
Enjoyment turns to exasperation as the tone wobbles from horror to crime drama to fantasy to comedy. |
| 40 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
A tonally mixed-up disappointment. |
| 20 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
An especially silly descent into incoherence. |
| 20 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
While it's not totally painful, it's so hopelessly incoherent that you'll probably get a headache or two if you actually stick with it for the full three days and six hours. |
