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Crusoe: Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 17, 2008
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: This international coproduction changes some of the classic book's details, including a younger Robinson whose backstory is different from the one in the classic novel.
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 24
  3. Negative: 6 out of 24
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    80
    Some of the pirates tonight, perhaps inevitably, take on a little of Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow. But the acting is generally solid and the action is both stirring and, happily, easy to follow.
  2. New York Magazine
    Reviewed by: John Leonard
    60
    Like Huck and Jim, or Ishmael and Queequeg, Crusoe and Friday embody the triumph of homoerotic male bonding over the steeps of race, culture, and ethnicity.
  3. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    30
    The business deals might have been artful, but the show certainly isn't.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 3 out of 6
  1. DaveW.
    9
    Something rarely presented on television: integrity, loyalty, friendship, living by principle; with excellent production standards. May "Crusoe" know many seasons.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. TerryA.
    9
    Crusoe and Friday are both great eye candy but the humor and effects and story line -- wow! I love this show! May it live long and prosper!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. EliasC.
    2
    Terrible re-invention of the Daniel DeFoe novel. With so may characters landing on the island you must ask the following question: Is this Crusoe's island or grand Central Station?… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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