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100It may be hard to believe that "Invasion's" premiere could be touching in the context of Katrina, and effective as a sci-fi drama. But that is the power of high-quality storytelling.
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100Tonight's pilot lays the groundwork for what could be a fabulous series, one that blends supernatural adventure with down-to-earth, complex family dynamics.
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100Invasion is an excellent show, the new season's best drama.
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90Drenched in whom-do-you-trust paranoia and dripping with suspense, "Invasion" grabs you by the throat in the opening seconds and never lets go.
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90Layering such unnatural proceedings into the family-drama format only intensifies both story angles when you do it right. And Cassidy has, with strong casting, solid structure and a fine feel for what's most frightening.
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80Perhaps the most satisfying element in the series is its patience.
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80It's easily the most interesting of the three [new alien shows], taking the emotional chill and confusion that accompany a family divorce... and lacing them with a narratively complementary dose of body-snatching paranoia.
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80Invasion has great production values and is tops among the three new alien series.
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80It has cinematic production values that give it the heft of a movie, and the lead characters are so natural and believable that the alien angle is less ludicrous than usual.
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80Like ''Lost"... the mystery is provocatively open-ended and, assuming the writing continues to be good, absorbing.
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80What gives this serious heft and its own unique feel is the family drama woven throughout the premiere. That, and a group of particularly talented and skilled cast members who, under director Thomas Schlamme, take their performances to the highest levels.
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80"Invasion'' has the look of a winner.
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75A potentially compelling sister series for "Lost."
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75Maybe it's not as great as "Lost," but then again, it could be awfully close.
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75A compelling tale of ordinary people ensnared in extraordinary circumstances.
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75The series could move more quickly... Still, creator Shaun Cassidy has plenty of enticing layers at work.
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Though the show has been tense and taut in the early going, creator Shaun Cassidy needs to figure out how to parcel out a narrative in episode form, with little stories playing out under the shadow of the big one.
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70Unlike "Lost," which ended its first season twisted around itself with mystery and mythology, "Invasion" doesn't seem poised to madden you that way. Its ambition is smaller and more self-contained; weirdness will visit a town and change relationships among an extended, and messy, family.
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70None of these [new sci-fi] series matches Lost's mix of character, wit and story, but the grim Invasion at least has the story part down, and keeps the horror at a nicely restrained simmer
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70The show moves swiftly and suspensefully.
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70Of all the new mystery-driven dramas aspiring to be this year's "Lost"... "Invasion" is the most absorbing and least hokey.
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60The drama's murkiness becomes frustrating.
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60"Invasion" is a step up from many new offerings on the Sci Fi Channel, but never quite as intricate or engaging as the ABC hit "Lost."
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60The pilot is enough to make you curious -- if it holds your attention to the end, that is.
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60A child's quizzical utterance near the end of "Invasion" provides enough of a chill to warrant a return visit to what's otherwise a mildly intriguing pilot.
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60"Invasion" offers a few scares, but it's more a sense of dread and something subtly awry that gives this drama its creepy vibe.
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50There is something too pat, too telegraphed in "Invasion" to rile up the blood.
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50Borderline over-the-top moments threaten the sense of verisimilitude usually expected in prime-time drama.
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30The whole enterprise is a bit sophomoric and transparent, its behind-the-scenes political battles the stuff of canned Hollywood war movies.
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30Features vaguely uninteresting characters, flat scenarios and a less-than-intriguing alien/swamp thing.
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AzzaC10This series is one of the best TV Progams that I have ever seen. I rank this as one of the best, next to Lost, recommended to anyone.
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KellyB.10
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BREANNAM10