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Taxi Brooklyn
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 30, 2013
51
6.4
All Seasons
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
51
27% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
27% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
51
27% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
27% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
There’s something lighthearted about the proceedings, murder and mayhem aside, because the show is more interested in the character drama than the procedure. Taxi Brooklyn embraces the New York-ness of both its main characters, and that bodes well for its future--and provides something fascinating to watch through the summer, in the meantime.
Taxi Brooklyn isn’t a game-changer, but it’s a well-written, solid summer offering that’s worth checking out.
Perhaps over that time, it will evolve into the buddy dramedy it needs to be. Until then, though, it's just another police procedural, and prime time already has plenty of those.
If you like some of those undemanding USA shows, you just might cotton to this one. Taxi Brooklyn requires no thinking--in fact, it discourages thinking. Ido is winning, too, which helps matters.
Despite the shaky-cam usage, jarring jump cuts and incomprehensible editing that complicates already head-spinning plots (where phrases like "Chinese hackers" are thrown out casually, but never followed up on), Taxi Brooklyn is still unlikely to fool viewers into thinking it is anything more than a middling show on a midweek night.
The few glints of tolerability reside in Ido’s easygoing performance as Leo; he’s a French transplant with an aversion to confined spaces. But any goodwill pretty quickly evaporates, as he tries to assist Cat while spouting expository dialogue and doing things like referencing his affinity for “CSI,” presumably to justify his participation.
Pardonne-moi, but car chases and creative cinematography aren’t enough to make up for lame jokes and hackneyed storylines.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 User Ratings
6.4
61% Positive
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
12% Mixed
4 Ratings
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27% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 User Ratings
6.4
61% Positive
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
12% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
27% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Europacorp Television
- Gary Scott Thompson Productions
Initial Release Date: Nov 30, 2013
Number of seasons: 1 Season
