Amy Amatangelo

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Boston Herald, Paste Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter
For 121 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 60% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 34% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Amy Amatangelo's Scores

Average review score: 69
Highest review score: 95 One Day at a Time (2017): Season 4
Lowest review score: 0 One Tree Hill: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 85 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 121
  3. Negative: 6 out of 121
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 78 Amy Amatangelo
    The Company You Keep (2023): Season 1
    Ventimiglia and Kim do have remarkable on screen chemistry. ... I’m curious enough about this fairly ambitious network television drama to keep the show company and find out.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 62 Amy Amatangelo
    Night Court (2023): Season 1
    The supporting cast play their roles broadly and without a lot of nuance, making their characters extremely one-dimensional. Larroquette, who always made Dan more than his snarky comments, and Talwalkar, whose Neil is figuring out what he wants to do with his life, are the notable exceptions.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 87 Amy Amatangelo
    Uncoupled: Season 1
    The show And Just Like That should have been. Fun, funny, emotional, and full of characters and friendships you care about. A celebration of what it’s like to be in your 40s and 50s.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Amy Amatangelo
    Boo, Bitch: Season 1
    You can almost feel the show trying too hard to be of-the-moment trendy. Often it can feel like when your parents use a slang term that’s passé.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 58 Amy Amatangelo
    The Summer I Turned Pretty: Season 1
    The series is striving to capture that feeling of first love, of growing up and finding your own path. There’s moody music, hazy photography, and characters in slow motion. And yet, none of it quite works. At times there are glimmers of what the series could have been.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Amy Amatangelo
    Now and Then (2022): Season 1
    With Miami as its gorgeous backdrop and diversity at its center, Now & Then is an entertaining and gripping take on a familiar formula.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 82 Amy Amatangelo
    Candy: Season 1
    The strength of Candy rests in this being an old crime that we know very little about. Being first out of the gate works greatly to Candy’s advantage. The series will leave you with more questions than answers, right down to the kicker of a final line.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 64 Amy Amatangelo
    Gaslit: Season 1
    The entire time I watched Gaslit, I ricocheted between thinking it was a thought-provoking series full of memorable performances and that it was a terrible series that too frequently felt like a Saturday Night Live skit. More often than not, though, it felt like the series may be gaslighting me.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Amy Amatangelo
    Crossing Jordan: Season 1
    The only show with kinky father-daughter conversations. And no, that's not a good thing. [24 Sep 2001]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Mar 29, 2022
    • 76 Metascore
    • 88 Amy Amatangelo
    Julia (2022): Season 1
    Each episode of Julia is named after one of Child’s signature dishes, from “Coq Au Vin” to “Boeuf Bourguignon” to “Chocolate Souffle.” And like any good meal, even if you didn’t enjoy every single seasoning, you’ll still be savoring Julia long after the final bite.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 87 Amy Amatangelo
    The Girl From Plainville: Season 1
    Ultimately, the truly outstanding performances make this series. Both Fanning and Ryan portray their characters with a palpable empathy that transcends the ripped-from-the-headlines source material. They take their characters beyond the sensationalistic soundbites.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 75 Amy Amatangelo
    How I Met Your Father: Season 1
    Duff is charming as ever and the cast has a nice rapport. ... Still, without the framework of the well known series it pays homage to, How I Met Your Father would be just another perfectly pleasant, often funny comedy.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 78 Amy Amatangelo
    Cobra Kai: Season 4
    Quite a few storylines are dropped or not completely followed through on, though, which really stands out when you can stream all 10 episodes back to back. ... But despite my quibbles, I still love Cobra Kai. The show is such an enjoyable romp. I’m happy to spend time with the characters and their karate-loving world no matter how inane the story lines might be.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Amy Amatangelo
    Head of the Class (2021): Season 1
    Gomez oozes enthusiasm and clearly Alicia cares a lot. The kids are all pretty great too, particularly Escalona, Goodjohn, and Severs, who have the most opportunity to provide their respective characters with depth and nuance.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 58 Amy Amatangelo
    The Morning Show: Season 2
    The show continues to have the vibe of a network drama that would have been controversial in, say, 2003. The things The Morning Show thinks it is being groundbreaking about aren’t groundbreaking at all. It just has a very false sense of self-importance.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Amy Amatangelo
    Dr. Death: Season 1
    The writing, directing, and performances combine to make a taunt eight hours of TV, one that you will most likely quickly binge your way through. You’ll also be left with the unsettling knowledge that this is a true story, that this could and probably will happen again. That it could happen to you.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 59 Amy Amatangelo
    Leverage: Redemption: Season 1
    Suffice to say the performances are not great even from those who you would expect to be on point. The charm of the original was the easy rapport among the leads; that’s missing in this go round. Thankfully the series does improve with each passing episode. The pilot is the most awkward.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Amy Amatangelo
    Schmigadoon!: Season 1
    Along with Trying and Ted Lasso, Schmigadoon! is another entry into AppleTV+ cornering the market on uplifting, positive, smart TV. It may be a niche joy, but you can’t watch without smiling.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 78 Amy Amatangelo
    Friends: The Reunion
    There are so many happy tears—particularly from Aniston, Cox, and Kudrow—during the reunion that you know the love the cast feels for each other is genuine. ... There is very little new ground covered.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 25 Amy Amatangelo
    Kingdom Hospital: Season 1
    Oh, if only television critics could be like Simon Cowell on "American Idol." I could declare Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital positively dreadful, and viewers would never have to see it again. [29 Feb 2004]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Apr 14, 2021
    • tbd Metascore
    • 83 Amy Amatangelo
    Younger: Season 7
    The absence of Shor’s acerbic Diana. ... Her brief, quick-witted appearance will leave viewers hungry for more. There’s no such thing as too much Diana. Thankfully, that loss is somewhat mitigated by the increased presence of billionaire Quinn (Laura Benanti). Quinn makes for a delightful villain. ... One of the true joys of Younger, which continues into the new season, is how delightfully it trolls the publishing world.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 78 Amy Amatangelo
    Rebel (2021): Season 1
    Rebel has all the ingredients to make a terrific show. A strong ensemble. Quick witted dialogue. Interesting cases. Romantic entanglements. Interpersonal strife. A force to be reckoned with lead. She’s a rebel with a cause and she’s a delight to watch.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 79 Amy Amatangelo
    The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers: Season 1
    The comfortable beats are welcome. The young cast, particularly Simkins, Bhatia, and Noon, are charming and infuse the series with a lot of goofy fun. Much of the humor is reflective of the show’s target audience.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 72 Amy Amatangelo
    The Real World Homecoming: Season 1
    The show feels a little like going to your college reunion. You are just glad to see everyone and check in on how they are doing, but overall the premiere—a throwback to the kinder, gentler days of reality TV—is a little, dare I say it, boring.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Amy Amatangelo
    Firefly Lane: Season 1
    Heigl and Chalke both give compelling performances, but they are hampered by the show’s circular structure. ... The show truly fumbles when it tries to take on bigger issues. ... The strongest part of the show is the ones with the girls as teens in 1974. Skovbye and Curtis have a natural rapport, and their narrative moves forward in delightful and compelling ways.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 82 Amy Amatangelo
    Cobra Kai: Season 3
    All in all, Cobra Kai , which thankfully has already been picked up for a fourth season, remains a pure, escapist delight.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 68 Amy Amatangelo
    The Hardy Boys: Season 1
    While thankfully more innocent than say the CW’s sexed-up Nancy Drew and Riverdale adaptations, the show still wildly shifts in tone, seemingly caught in between a kids’ detective show and something much darker.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Amy Amatangelo
    The Flight Attendant: Season 1
    The entire story truly rests in Cuoco’s capable hands. Her knack for comic relief is securely intact, but she also easily dives into the depths of Cassie’s terror and uncertainty. Her journey is our journey. Her terror is our terror. She may be an unreliable narrator, but she’s a highly entertaining one. Bottom line? This is a series poised to take off.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 76 Amy Amatangelo
    Emily in Paris: Season 1
    This 10-episode series has such a joie de vivre it’s easy to ignore its faults and savor its deliciousness. It’s the TV equivalent of a buttery, flakey croissant that you devour. Each episode leaves you wanting more—even if its airy plots are quickly forgettable.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Amy Amatangelo
    Away: Season 1
    An issue-free mission to Mars doesn’t make for compelling television. So in every episode there is a major and often life-threatening issue for the crew to deal with. This could try our patience as the seasons progress (much like June’s almost-escapes from Gilead have on The Handmaid’s Tale). But for the inaugural 10 episodes it works perfectly, particularly the taut middle episode that have the crew facing a daunting crisis.
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