For 886 reviews, this publication has graded:
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On average, this publication grades 4.7 points lower than other critics.
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Neil Genzlinger 70
A teary, perfectly tolerable collection of interlocking stories featuring lots of recognizable actors and two particularly well-etched segments.- Posted Oct 10, 2011
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Alessandra Stanley 70
The acting is compelling, and the costumes are sumptuous, but the staging is static, too “Masterpiece Theater” for the story at hand. -
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Neil Genzlinger 60
The language is supposed to be realistic and maybe it is realistic, but it often feels self-conscious, like an overly thick Southern accent. That's too bad, because when Mr. Simon and Edward Burns, who are credited with the writing of the first five episodes, pull back a bit, they sometimes achieve a rough eloquence.- Posted Apr 28, 2013
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Mike Hale 70
The solemnities of the writing are balanced by some excellent performances and superior production values. -
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Alessandra Stanley 80
Violence, like deficit spending, is a very American vice. “Dexter” is yet another temptation that is almost impossible to resist. -
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Mike Hale 60
If you've seen the many hours of "The Blue Planet" and "Planet Earth," or are a regular watcher of the nature documentaries constantly available on cable, then you've already seen most of what Great Migrations has to offer, or some version of it.- Posted Dec 10, 2010
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Virginia Heffernan 60
When this complex question about memory, identity, reality and generations of women supplies the suspense of the film, “Life Support” really gets good. -
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Mike Hale 70
Ultimately it's a fairly standard TV movie, if an overly long one, ending on a note of sentimental affirmation and, luckily, offering one outstanding central performance.- Posted Dec 9, 2011
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Mike Hale 70
The action itself is pedestrian, but as with the previous Librarian adventures, there’s just enough wit around the edges to keep you watching. -
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Mike Hale 80
On balance it plays like a well-made and increasingly grim horror picture, with a crispness of execution and a graphic level of intestine-pulling, throat-ripping violence that are both beyond the American norm.- Posted Oct 25, 2010
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Mike Hale 60
Allowances must be made for a scene-setting episode introducing an entire new cast, and the show could easily get back in the groove next week. But perhaps, once the new Doctor gets the hang of the Tardis, he could go back to late 2009 and pick up Mr. Davies, just for a consult. -
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Neil Genzlinger 60
Sure, it all makes for pretty filmmaking, but isn't not having to risk your life for a simple meal one of the benefits of civilization? There's something unsettling about glorifying subsistence living for the sake of our high-definition televisions.- Posted Apr 8, 2011
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Alessandra Stanley 80
Mad Men is both a drama and a comedy and all the better for it, a series that breaks new ground by luxuriating in the not-so-distant past. -
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Alessandra Stanley 80
It’s a premise that in the wrong hands could be boorish and not at all amusing, so it is to the writers’ credit that Aliens is instead fresh, funny and charming in a tart, sardonic way, one of the best sendups of adolescent angst since "The Wonder Years" and "Malcolm in the Middle" (and perhaps even "My So-Called Life"). -
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Mike Hale 70
The ending mars what is otherwise a handsome and well-written effort, with good supporting performances.- Posted Jun 29, 2012
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Alessandra Stanley 70
It has one of the most talented actresses on television as its lead, and yet over all Nurse Jackie is surprisingly, and disconcertingly, off key. This is a drama draped in black humor that doesn’t know when to be funny. -
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Alessandra Stanley 60
It's a delicious immorality play with an excellent cast, but the tempo is slow and oddly ponderous--a romp slowed down to a dirge.- Posted Jan 31, 2013
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Mike Hale 70
The result is a film that’s dense with information, some of which will be familiar if you’ve paid attention to the news over the last two decades, and occasionally a bit repetitive.- Posted May 1, 2013
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Alessandra Stanley 80
Alicia’s shock and her sense of surreal detachment, is as vivid a depiction of personal crisis as any on television. But after this cleverly written series deconstructs the exact moment when everything falls apart, it imaginatively explores how one scorned spouse struggles to get past a life-shattering scandal. -
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Mike Hale 60
These highlight reels can be enjoyed for their own sakes. Mr. Burns and Ms. Novick try to construct a larger story around the career of Barry Bonds, who set the single-season and career home run records while becoming embroiled in the steroid scandals, but it never really coheres into something that can give shape to the entire four-hour documentary. -
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Caryn James 60
This first episode won't grab new viewers by the throat either, although it does reveal David Boreanaz's immense attraction as the brooding, hunky, laconic vampire. [5 Oct 1999, p.E7]Posted Mar 19, 2013 -
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Alessandra Stanley 70
The zeal and dedication of researchers is inspiring, and so are the patients and caregivers who struggle with the disease everyday, but over all, The Alzheimer’s Project celebrates hope at the expense of caution. -
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Mike Hale 70
This Steel Magnolias is mostly restrained and relentlessly tasteful, qualities the original could not have been accused of.- Posted Oct 5, 2012
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Ginia Bellafante 70
Bribes, kickbacks, suspiciously well-compensated construction companies, organized-crime alliances--this is the stockpot in which the series stirs its wooden spoon. For the most part the flavors blend well.- Posted Feb 7, 2011
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Virginia Heffernan 70
“Ugly Betty” is a sweet, funny show. It’s worth watching. And we’ll see. -
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Ginia Bellafante 80
Terriers hangs rich people out to dry, makes fun of yuppie affectation and seeks as much to position itself on the right side of the class war as it does to amuse us. It succeeds amiably on both fronts. -
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Alessandra Stanley 90
The original title, "Keep Hope Alive," is funnier, but Raising Hope better suits a very funny sitcom that leavens its satire with sympathy. -
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Ginia Bellafante 80
Had it arrived 10 or 15 years earlier, when long-form narrative was not the dominant form on cable television, it would have been felt, arguably, more as an explosion than a trickle. The series has at least so far failed to find a large audience, indicating perhaps how much we have come to take good serial drama for granted. -
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Ginia Bellafante 80
Top Chef promises more than a clash of personalities; it inspires patriotism. -
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