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Category 7: The End of the World: Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 6, 2005
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
19 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 9 out of 11
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    40
    Fans of this telefilm's predecessor... will probably enjoy this upped ante of a sequel, though it once again mixes spectacular effects with childish human melodrama.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    40
    There's little point in critiquing the acting other than to say this isn't a production that will embellish anyone's list of credits. Nearly everyone here is a caricature trying to make the best of a miniseries that is all about the special effects.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    33
    Accidentally ridiculous. [4 Nov 2005, p.69]
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  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    25
    It has moments of being so-bad-it's-good, which is to say it's at its best when it's a near-satire of the genre. But it drowns in redundant action scenes and sentimentality.
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    25
    Even with network movie expectations at an all-time low, you might expect more from November's only broadcast miniseries than an overblown repeat. We've seen enough bad weather and bad movies to last a lifetime; why anyone would want to see the two combine again is beyond me.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    10
    "Category 7" blows and then some.
  7. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    10
    To sit through these four hours is to deserve compensation.
  8. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    10
    The storms in this production have more personality than the characters who chase, study and prepare for them.
  9. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Charlie McCollum
    10
    As bad as the original was, the sequel is even worse.
  10. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    0
    Here's an early candidate for worst miniseries of the 21st Century.
  11. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    0
    The miniseries is about as enjoyable as toenail fungus or that sickening commercial for its cure.
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User Score
3.7 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 91 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 78
  3. Negative: 50 out of 78
  1. sylviaj
    10
    great movie; where can i get it???
  2. CaryH
    8
    Little far fetch, but it makes you wonder - ?Could it Happen - sure, why not?
  3. DelG
    0
    I was hoping that the world WOULD end while watching this crap.
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