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Charmed (2018)

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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews

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Charmed (2018)

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The CW | Release Date: October 14, 2018

Summary: Still reeling from their mother's death, Mel (Melonie Diaz) and her younger sister Madison (Sarah Jeffery) discover they have an older sister named Macy (Madeleine Mantock). Soon after, they start manifesting powers and are told they are witches who must protect the world from demons in this reboot of the WB series from Jennie Snyder Urman,Still reeling from their mother's death, Mel (Melonie Diaz) and her younger sister Madison (Sarah Jeffery) discover they have an older sister named Macy (Madeleine Mantock). Soon after, they start manifesting powers and are told they are witches who must protect the world from demons in this reboot of the WB series from Jennie Snyder Urman, Amy Rardin and Jessica O’Toole.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy

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Los Angeles Times

Robert Lloyd

Oct 15, 2018

Season 1 Review: Charmed 2018 is good, offering up all one could want from a supernatural adventure series. It’s well cast; witty and fun; a little satirical, a little more suspenseful, but with solid emotional grounding (and the promise of romance); a little physical but with nothing too explicit in the way of violence. That it doesn't take itself too seriously doesn’t mean it won’t make you jump. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Libby Torres

Oct 11, 2018

Season 1 Review: The Charmed reboot is indeed funny and fierce, with a political edge that places the show firmly in 2018. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly

Kristen Baldwin

Oct 8, 2018

Season 1 Review: The power of three still packs an entertaining jolt in The CW's reboot. The characters are new, but the fundamentals remain intact. [12 Oct 2018, p.44]

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The Hollywood Reporter

Dan Fienberg

Oct 15, 2018

Season 1 Review: Figuring out how to make Mel, Maggie and Macy more fully inhabited characters and tapping better into their witchy powers and their big, mythology-driven mission is the next step that made me wish I'd been able to watch a couple more episodes. It's rare to see a show of this type that puts so much effort into nailing down the subtext only to leave the text and its execution so frequently limp. Read full review

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Slate

Willa Paskin

Oct 26, 2018

Season 1 Review: Despite the timeliness of this dialogue, Charmed plays like a throwback to the schlocky original, which aired in the 1990s and to which it is surprisingly faithful in spirit. ... Charmed is more supernatural procedural than serial drama. Read full review

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Salon

Melanie McFarland

Oct 15, 2018

Season 1 Review: The first episode of the new “Charmed” is clunkier than Rose McGowan’s late-‘90s shoe game. That said, a pilot’s job is to clearly let viewers know what the series is going to be about. Read full review

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Boston Herald

Mark A. Perigard

Oct 11, 2018

Season 1 Review: The original show balanced horror with comedy and supernatural threats. The update feels like sociology homework. Read full review

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Matbgood

Jun 12, 2019

This show reminded me of watching a good episode of Charmed or Buffy back in the day, and I never once felt that watching the Sabrina reboot. Sabrina has the production value and the acting chops but about half of the heart of this show. The drama and the humor of the Charmed reboot doesn'tThis show reminded me of watching a good episode of Charmed or Buffy back in the day, and I never once felt that watching the Sabrina reboot. Sabrina has the production value and the acting chops but about half of the heart of this show. The drama and the humor of the Charmed reboot doesn't rely solely on mundane teenage boy-girl drama. Give it a shot if other witchy shows have left you disappointed!… Expand

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Mish876

Feb 22, 2020

I really love the new Charmed It’s a bit different, but it’s 21st Century I am here for it!!!

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StephGarzone

May 14, 2019

I loved the old charmed....but I LOVE these new characters and this reboot. Love the diversity on the show and the story line, how everything connects. The bond between the characters I absolutely love! The show has me watching every Sunday, always looking forward to what's going to happenI loved the old charmed....but I LOVE these new characters and this reboot. Love the diversity on the show and the story line, how everything connects. The bond between the characters I absolutely love! The show has me watching every Sunday, always looking forward to what's going to happen next. The 3 charmed ones, their performance is great! Excited to see what happens with Macy :-)… Expand

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tonyrayes

Oct 4, 2019

I am a huge fan of Charmed but this reboot the story is good a new perspective (we cannot say it is related to the original since totally different ways for the whitelighter or elders...), but the acting is so lame and with all due respects actresses should take more classes or the directorsI am a huge fan of Charmed but this reboot the story is good a new perspective (we cannot say it is related to the original since totally different ways for the whitelighter or elders...), but the acting is so lame and with all due respects actresses should take more classes or the directors since we cannot only blame the actors… Expand

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JuliannaSinger

May 28, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Some things are better left untouched. The 2018-2019 show Charmed is no match for the masterpiece the 1998-2006 Charmed.… Expand

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Teamalvarado

Nov 16, 2020

They act really bad, and everything is about that they are 3 stronger women that can libre wirthout mens, that is fine and very actual but what is about the Magic ? definetely I prefer the originals of charmed, at least they act good

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PerryCS

Feb 6, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I started off with 3 stars, but every season that attacks white men I removed a star. This show from episode 1 pushes misandry (hatred of men, especially white men) to the point the show is trashed because of it. It has so much politcal garbage in it that I can't enjoy it. I buy most of my Blurays and Dvd's but this show will never get my money. Why would I buy a show that attacks me?

Season 1 does get better for a few episodes and you start to forget you're watching an agenda checkboxing show. BUT, it always shows it's true intentions again. The endless attacks are just tiring. The endless victim mentality is just tiresome.

News flash... we're not the enemy!

This is another trend that seems to be happening with too many shows. Taking credit for mens accomplishments. Seriously? It appears now that females have to take credit for davinci's accomplishments (Season 3). LOL! I almost eye rolled so hard my eye muscles almost ripped off my eyes.

Who writes this stuff? Seriously. After I'm done posting here I'm going to lookup the writer for this and many other episodes. Do you know how it looks when you have to endlessly steal credit for mens accomplishments?

How can anyone takes shows like this seriously? Are you so threatened that you have to belittle mens accomplishments every chance you get? LOL.

Well, at least the show has women in power (everywhere) and yet the world is just as messed up as when men were in power. So, I guess it's truthful that way.

Ya know... I find myself enjoying parts of this show... actually getting into the STORY! You know... that thing writers do. And in the back of my mind I keep thinking... is this the episode that pulls me out of the show due to ridiculousness? I just enjoyed 4 or 5 episodes and then this episode rears it's head and I just have to laugh at the weakness of it. The insecurities it screams.

Who thinks this is good writing? Seriously. It's hilariously pathetic.

This show talks about microaggressions and all sorts of stuff against women... and yet... this show ignores the OTHER side of that coin. The writers are WORSE! Because they attack and attack and attack men. What is the word for that. Misandry. Are you not WORSE? Of course, you can't see it because you are blinded by misandry. LOL!

Kinda like how it's ok for females to hit men in this show - yet we are the bad guys? LOL. It's ok for the show to endlessly bash men. Yet we are still the bad guys? Where is YOUR culpability? Or is it 1 sided? This show doesn't do microaggressions against men. It's full blown misandry. So, I ask you... WHY is it ok to endlessly attack men? Hypocrisy at it's finest.

This show is a joke of epic proportions.

Kinda like Star Trek Discovery - where they put what's her name (the annoying ensign) into #1's position. How can you take such shows seriously? I mean, it's so laughable. Pathetic writing. All to promote 1 person over the other even if they are horribly UNqualified for the job. No quasi military ship in REALITY would ever have put Tilly? Into a leadership position. ROTFL. Wow...

How about this amazing idea. Men have accomplishments and can run companies too and not be evil! I know... I know... it hurts to admit that. BUT... women can ALSO have accomplishments, run companies, and not be evil. Yeah... they can! Here's another mind blowing fact... there ARE powerful women in the world AND (it's hard to admit, but, bear with me).... there are powerful men in the world too who are kind, nice, and decent people. I know... calm down... it's true... take a deep breath... and accept reality.

Oh wow, this show... I tried so hard to like it... but the endless misandry. Childish writing by someone who has to be very insecure. I mean... wow... to talk about microaggressions and then to endlessly commit misandry throughout the whole show. Aren't the writers even worse for doing that?

Is that ok to do that? LOL! This show is one huge joke. With every episode that I watch I keep thinking... oh, this is getting BETTER... and then misandry pops up... and I think... what a joke. Why am I watching this? Laughable writing. Weak.

Ah well... let's just label this as fantasy. Because that's all it is. And very poorly done at that.

The original Charmed... had wonderful, powerful women, with a message... a decent message. They were NOT weak. They were truly powerful and best of all intelligent. The writers were intelligent. The cast was excellent. The stories and the world that was created... were pretty balanced out overall. I really enjoyed the first Charmed. This is very poorly written.

Ah well... good for a laugh I suppose.

The saddest thing of all... there could have been a good show here (every so often I find myself immersed in the show for a few episodes - and then misandry rears it's head again which ruins it). Instead, it's racist... endlessly attacking white men. I don't pay for shows that attack me.… Expand

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