Critic Reviews
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Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale
Edgy and dark, this is the shadow version of "The Waltons." |
| 88 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
If you relish the devious darkness of "Dexter" and the wonderful wackiness of "Weeds," you'll love the macabre moodiness of "Meadowlands." |
| 80 |
Newsday Diane Werts
Fans of "The Sopranos" looking for a new Sunday-night must-see may find it here - though perhaps not fans driven to fits by that HBO hit's ambiguous conclusion. |
| 70 |
Newark Star-Ledger
Whether this is all weirdness for weirdness' sake or something more complex isn't clear, not even after the first four episodes. |
| 70 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
Relentlessly odd as "Meadowlands" can be, don't be surprised if it seduces you. |
| 60 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
Whether or not they add up to much, the scenes play well, and there are enough heavy-breathing soap-operatics, random acts of violence and unanswered questions to keep one idly watching. |
| 60 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Murphy is adept at creating clever mind games between his characters, but moments of true suspense or fright are few and far between. |
| 60 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
An intermittently interesting summer potboiler with a creepy "Twin Peaks"-meets-"American Beauty" vibe, with a little of "The Riches" thrown in for good measure. |
| 60 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
Invitingly bizarre... [but] despite all the promise of its premise about the changeability of self, "Meadowlands" never quite rises to excellence. |
| 50 |
Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn
[Meadowlands] adds so many bizarro details that it starts to feel quite unoriginal in its weirdness. |
| 40 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
"Meadowlands" demands too much of a slog for too little in return. |
| 38 |
People Weekly Tom Gliatto
The show's tone of enigmatic menace is overcooked. [25 Jun 2007, p.41] |
| 30 |
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
Nothing seems to bring it to life — not its obsession with voyeurism, its forays into cross-dressing, its objectification of the obese. |
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