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- AMC
- May 22, 2016
- AMC
- May 22, 2016
- AMC
- May 22, 2016
- AMC
- May 22, 2016
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
76
84% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
16% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
76
84% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
16% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Pulling it all together is the cast. Cooper is fierce and weathered, Negga is spunky smart and Gilgun is just a joy to watch and hear, with that thick Irish accent of his.
Preacher is a black comedy, a horror funhouse, a mild meditation on belief and a wicked good time. There’s nothing left to say but: Amen.
It'd be easy for Preacher to operate as a cut-and-dried adaptation; the comic is vibrant, with an incredibly specific tone and complicated backstory. But in reimagining it for television, AMC dug a little deeper, and came up with something more satisfying and complex.
It has a chance to crossbreed the better angels of character drama with devilish genre splatter. Within its oversize color panels there’s some hard-boiled philosophy about trying to be good in a world of sin. And there’s little on TV quite like its fallen world.
Like many shows these days, Preacher is not for everyone, nor is it trying to be. But it will almost certainly work for some viewers, and it seems to have a good idea of who those viewers are and what they want.
Good setup pilot on Sunday that doesn’t quite carry over into subsequent episodes.
By the end of the fourth episode, the plot starts to show slight signs of life, but there’s nothing to indicate that the show will capture the energy and creativity of the source material that should set it apart.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 373 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
300 Ratings
300 Ratings
9% Mixed
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
11% Negative
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 373 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
300 Ratings
300 Ratings
9% Mixed
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
11% Negative
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
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