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Mayday: Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2005
  • Season #: 1 , 2
Mayday Image
Metascore
30 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 6 Critics What's this?

User Score
4.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5 Ratings

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  • Summary: Based on the bestselling novel, this made-for-tv drama sees an amateur pilot and stewardess forced to land a damaged jumbo jet when the rest of the crew and passengers are incapacitated by an accidental military attack.
  • Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 4 out of 6
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Alynda Wheat
    50
    The real shocker is the credibility holes bigger than the ones air-conditioning this bird. [30 Sep 2005, p.89]
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  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    38
    Like this movie, most of the passengers in "Mayday" are dead on arrival.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    20
    Perhaps the intrigue worked better on paper, but squeezed into 88 minutes or so, it's almost comical how everyone keeps conspiring to bring the damn plane down after blasting a hole in it the size of a Hummer.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 3 out of 4
  1. LindaC
    8
    I thought it was a great movie. I didn't want to be scared out of my wits, I just wanted a good moive and that is what it was.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. StephenC
    2
    What a ridiculous piece of crap. A heat seeking missile that hits a fuselage? It would hit the engine (heat). Also at 65,000 feet - it would have been all over.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DanelS.
    2
    Blech! I remember watching this one sunday afternoon with my dad, and it sucked. completely unbelievable at every stage, stupid premise, ridiculous ending.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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