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Lost Room, The
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9.0 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 17 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 41 votes
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Show Info

Genre(s): Sci-Fi & Fantasy

First Air Date: December 11, 2006

Summary

Starring Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Elle Fanning, Roger Bart, Kevin Pollak, Dennis Christopher, Ewan Bremner, and Margaret Cho

Peter Krause stars as a detective who stumbles upon a portal to an alternate universe in a motel room filled with magical objects in this quirky Sci-Fi Channel original miniseries.

What The Critics Said

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80

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

A terrific, six-hour miniseries, beautifully written and sharply directed.

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75

Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn

As much fun as the adventure is, the central mystery — what happened in that motel on that May date that created such cosmic blowback — is never truly explained.

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75

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

A very complex metaphysical mystery, the enjoyment of which comes, in no small part, from the surprises that spill out as it slowly unfurls.

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75

New York PostLinda Stasi

Bizarrely complicated and intriguing.

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70

Variety

Strange and clever, "The Lost Room" is full of winding corridors, peculiar twists and wry, oddball humor, set against a mystery that recalls TV's better Stephen King productions.

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70

LA WeeklyRobert Abele

And while the quest story has the inevitable whiff of The Lord of the Rings about it... the episodes almost feel more like sci-fi Hitchcock than anything else.

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60

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

The tale's beyond complicated, to be sure. But it also may be the most watchable six hours of strangeness you'll see this season.

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60

The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan

A quest romance in which Middle Earth is essentially Route 66, that national treasure, and some of its burned-out byways.

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60

Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd

A long ride to nowhere but with some nice scenery and exciting turns along the way.

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60

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

"The Lost Room" is certainly a more creative exercise than past Sci Fi miniseries (including "The Triangle"), but it sometimes feels rushed.

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60

NewsdayVerne Gay

"Lost Room" is a shaggy dog story that gets shaggier with every scene. It's a tale as tall as the Empire State Building that threatens to topple in the merest breeze but - miraculously - never does.

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60

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

Maybe the best thing about this miniseries is the weird assortment of characters.

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60

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

It's a supernatural mystery, involving a few ghosts, a little time travel and lots of crazy people. People who have been missing The X-Files might really go for The Lost Room.

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40

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

Enjoyment turns to exasperation as the tone wobbles from horror to crime drama to fantasy to comedy.

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40

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

A tonally mixed-up disappointment.

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20

TV GuideMatt Roush

An especially silly descent into incoherence.

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20

San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum

While it's not totally painful, it's so hopelessly incoherent that you'll probably get a headache or two if you actually stick with it for the full three days and six hours.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 41 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

nofrom n. gave it a10:
I continued

elcho t. gave it a10:
great!

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
The idea of the show is realy great

jay gave it a4:
I love Peter Krause, but what was he thinking. This tries to be different and daring, but gives up on the most important things....good writing and character development. There are no two good scenes that blend in this story....very sloppy.

frank a gave it a10:
i'd rate this show with odyssey 5 extremely innovating, the producers must make more shows

Craig P. gave it an8:
Great story and concepts. Imaginative without a lot of special effect. Completely had me hooked right up until the end .. where nothing was explained and even the guy this all happened to had no idea what happened. Either the writers ran out of time or ideas .. or they are just hoping to have it picked up as a weekly series.

Kevin C. gave it a6:
Excellent premise and well-acted. Unfortunately the whole thing becomes more convulted, heavy-handed and flat out silly as time goes on. Don't listen to the crazy fanboy nerd comments here, the show is just slightly above average just as the critics say.

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