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  • 2008
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  • 2008
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Summary Based on the celebrated Michael Crichton novel, this sci-fi mini-series boasts an all-star cast. A deadly virus threatens the Earth's population unless a team of scientists can find a cure in time. This show was nominated for several Emmys, including Outstanding Art Direction For A Miniseries, Or Movie, Outstanding Cinematography For ...

  • 2008
  • A&E
  • 2008
  • A&E

The Andromeda Strain

Season 1 Premiere: May 11, 2008
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
41
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 26 User Ratings
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Summary Based on the celebrated Michael Crichton novel, this sci-fi mini-series boasts an all-star cast. A deadly virus threatens the Earth's population unless a team of scientists can find a cure in time. This show was nominated for several Emmys, including Outstanding Art Direction For A Miniseries, Or Movie, Outstanding Cinematography For ...

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Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
41
22% Positive
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33% Mixed
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44% Negative
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33% Mixed
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44% Negative
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Each part has edge-of-the-seat moments, thanks to some admirable performances as well as several intriguing new plot twists that inject surprise at key moments.
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
70
This mini-series actually improves on the original 1969 Michael Crichton sci-fi non-thriller, which spent too much time in a fab lab in the desert and not enough inside the icky green virus—or outside, where the government was covering up its biological-warfare experiments.
By John Leonard FULL REVIEW
50
Unfortunately, the new plots continually intrude, dissipating tension and making an already complicated story too convoluted to follow.
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
40
Where the movie was content to focus on that process, director Mikael Salomon and writer-playwright Robert Schenkkan throw in a veritable kitchen sink of elements. [...] Too bad, because the project has assembled a solid cast, even if they're constrained by spouting all that scientific jargon and spend too much time squabbling and grappling with outside distractions.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
30
A hacky remake of a mediocre 1971 film of a pulp-science 1969 novel, this miniseries (it concludes Tuesday, if you must waste two nights of your life) is a poster child for generational decline: Whatever few IQ points were present in the original have long since leached away.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW
25
As each new element is added, explored and explained, the tension evident in the original novel gets watered down as we digest these other distractions. The result is completely devoid of any suspense.
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10
If it's relevant and reflects the hip themes of today, perhaps nobody will notice wooden acting, ludicrous dialogue and a plot so convoluted that the whole enterprise has as much tension as a broken violin string.
By Nancy DeWolf Smith FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 26 User Ratings
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15% Mixed
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19% Negative
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Production Company:
  • A.S. Films
  • Scott Free Productions
  • Traveler's Rest Films
Initial Release Date: May 11, 2008
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards
• 7 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 7 Nominations
Art Directors Guild
• 1 Nomination

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