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- USA
- Jul 15, 2012
- USA
- Jul 15, 2012
Summary Divorced former First Lady and current Secretary of State Elaine Barrish (Sigourney Weaver) balances crises in politics and within her own family.
Created By: Greg Berlanti
- USA
- Jul 15, 2012
- USA
- Jul 15, 2012
Summary Divorced former First Lady and current Secretary of State Elaine Barrish (Sigourney Weaver) balances crises in politics and within her own family.
Created By: Greg Berlanti
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
65
58% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
36% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Fast-paced, darkly funny and scathingly sharp, Political Animals seamlessly blends family drama with real-world issues, including an early crisis in the Middle East.
Political Animals is a welcome escape from the current campaign grind, leaving us already hoping for a second term.
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 50 User Ratings
7.3
82% Positive
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
2% Mixed
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1 Rating
16% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
A powerhouse showcase for Weaver with the perfect ensemble cast. It's a slow build with the payoffs to make this worthy of a series 2. While the exploration of the family is strong its when Weaver is dealing with matters of state rather than the state of her family that the series shines.
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SEASON 1
I LOVE this show....I sure hope there is a season 2 that has a LOT more episodes. It has been one of those shows my husband and I have truly enjoyed...great writing and great acting....perfect in my book. I just want MORE!!!!! Thanks USA Network for a real winner!!!
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SEASON 1
It's more interesting when Elaine takes aim at the easy-target man's world she inhabits.
Political Animals crams elements of conventional TV fare into a blender and makes something that is wildly different and kind of liberating.
This is more soap opera than satire, an intermittently entertaining but not exactly subtle look at the private and public lives of one extremely colorful family.
Wanting soap and dirt--a lot of dirt--he [creator Greg Berlanti] has fashioned something that's watchable only if you completely divorce it from the realm of credibility.
What a fresh and in depth political series. The writing is first rate and lets you get to know each character almost personally. At first you want to hate Elaine ..but as the story unfolds ..you love her strength and her ..dare I say ethics? It clearly shows that there is a fine line between the right thing to do and protecting your family. The cast is wonderful and plays off of each other perfectly. I look forward to every episode! Please keep them coming!!
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SEASON 1
This has got to be one of the worst mini-series efforts in the history of TV. The writing is absolutely abysmal, and the dialogue is laced with the most gratuitous profanity I've ever witnessed. The ex-prez character who's a transparent parody of Bill Clinton is especially offensive and ludicrous, a buffoon who can't utter a sentence not laden with obscenities. A disaster.
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SEASON 1
Horrendous. It was exhausting trying to make it thru one episode. Atrocious writing and bad acting. As much as I'd like to place the blame of Sigourney Weaver's wooden and day time soap worthy acting on the writing, great actors sometimes give noteworthy performances, even when they are handed god awful scripts. The Clintonian President is so off target and comes off as a crude and brainless buffoon. I saw Sigorney pitching this show to John Stewart on The Daily Show and was quite intrigued, and actually looked forward to watching it. Now, I look forward to never having to sit thru another episode of this drek ever again.
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SEASON 1
At one point a character compares the Middle East to IKEA instructions, basically saying: "who knows?". But this was not a person from the street. Instead it was uttered by a staffer in the office of the Secretary of State. You'd have thought someone in that position would have something more insightful to say on the subject...
Political Animals wears everything on its sleeve. The writing is shallow and really serves little else than to stimulate some shallow drama. It is riddled with cliches - drug addiction, marital affair, eating disorders and it couldn't help but go for the 'blog vs. newspaper' angle. It's a painfully shallow experience.
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