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- 2011
- TV-14
- TNT
- 2011
- TV-14
- TNT
- 2011
- TV-14
- TNT
- 2011
- TV-14
- TNT
Falling Skies
5 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: 2011
68
6.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 43 Critic Reviews
68
70% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
28% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 43 Critic Reviews
68
70% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
28% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The entertainment value and suspense of Falling Skies is paced just right. You get the sense that we'll get those answers eventually. And yet, you want to devour the next episode immediately.
It all adds up to plenty of action and suspense, with heroes we like and villains we can boo and hiss. And the fate of the planet at stake. Who says there ain't no cure for the summertime TV blues?
Falling Skies is exactly what you'd expect it to be, only a very good example of it (and is at its best in Sunday's pilot), and an ideal summer series. For once, Spielberg and company got it right on the small screen.
While this sci-fi lark is essentially just another cog in TV’s annual invasion of mindless summer escapism, as we’ve seen time and again, capturing that tone and feel isn’t nearly as easy as it looks--one reason it’s nice to see Wyle and company soldiering on.
While the sense of escalation is reasonably contagious, the push to the finale would feel better if it were worth investing in any of Skies' army of limp, interchangeable characters.
Unlike the similarly post-apocalyptic "Walking Dead," there's never much tension on Falling Skies.
Every attempt at treating a Big Idea seems sophomoric and irritating. Even in its look, the show lacks the elemental rawness necessary to throw its intellectual conflicts into sharp relief.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 652 User Ratings
6.3
58% Positive
376 Ratings
376 Ratings
20% Mixed
131 Ratings
131 Ratings
22% Negative
145 Ratings
145 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 652 User Ratings
6.3
58% Positive
376 Ratings
376 Ratings
20% Mixed
131 Ratings
131 Ratings
22% Negative
145 Ratings
145 Ratings
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Production Company:
- DreamWorks Television
- TNT Originals
- Invasion Productions
Initial Release Date: 2011
Number of seasons: 5 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 14 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Visual Effects Society Awards
• 3 Nominations
