Almost Human
FOX | Release Date: November 17, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
12
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
People WeeklyTom GliattoNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: This late entry in the fall season is one of the best. [25 Nov 2013, p.43]
88
RedEyeCurt WagnerNov 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: [Creator J.H. Wyman] peppers what really is a police procedural with enough not-so-distant science to make Almost Human a sci-fi thriller, and enough humor to make it a buddy cop comedy. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyJeff JensenNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: The pilot--part of two night, two episode premiere event--is a slick, polished formulation of familiar dystopian future tropes elevated by an unusual and central relationship, well played by Urban and co-star Michael Ealy. Read full review
80
Kansas City StarSara SmithNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: While its premise isn’t new--anyone remember “Total Recall 2070” or “Mann and Machine”?--the show’s ambition, solid cast and pure production values make it a worthwhile diversion. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Some of the life forms in Almost Human are artificial. The intelligence is genuine. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanNov 5, 2013
Season 1 Review: Luckily, nobody overdoes the modernity angle in their acting and so Almost Human feels grounded -- dark, dirty and lived-in, almost like Blade Runner. Read full review
80
Denver PostJoanne OstrowSep 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: Beyond profundities laced with humor, the action drama from J.J. Abrams, created by “Fringe’s” J.H. Wyman and starring Karl Urban and Michael Ealy, is a visual feast. Read full review
75
Newark Star-LedgerVicki HymanFeb 13, 2014
Season 1 Review: The pilot (only the first hour was sent for review) is well made with strong leads and several intriguing hooks. Almost Human is almost there. Read full review
75
NewsdayVerne GayNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Lively pilot, with plenty of pop--but you've seen it all before. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklNov 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: Karl Urban is the main draw as an emotionally and physically damaged detective in Fox’s sci-fi police procedural with a heavy “Fringe” pedigree. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandNov 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: It captures the teeming bleakness of the future world and establishes winning chemistry between Kennex and Dorian. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: The show is derivative but passionate, verging on corny. It means what it’s telling us and showing us, and there’s a sense of curiosity and commitment in every frame. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Because for all of the show's high-octane action trappings, the human connection between these buddy cops is what ultimately will make Almost Human compute. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeSarah RodmanNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Urban and Ealy quickly establish a familiar rhythm that will hopefully deepen over time, grounding the fantastical elements of the future in the universals of interpersonal interaction. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: I've only seen one episode, which is enough to feel hopeful about the chemistry between Karl Urban (playing an angry, damaged human cop) and Michael Ealy (his possibly misprogrammed android partner) but not quite enough to tell why Lili Taylor would sign on to play the captain in a sci-fi buddy-cop show. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoNov 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: If you can look past a few disquieting flaws and get past that odd feeling that you've seen it all before, you'll find the bones of a potentially entertaining series in Almost Human. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyNov 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: The sci-fi here is easily digestible, so for fans of cop dramas, Almost Human is worth a look. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardNov 18, 2013
Season 1 Review: Urban and Ealy are competent in their roles, damaged spirits destined to become brothers of a sort, not if, but only when.... While some viewers will be oblivious to the show’s racial politics, others will struggle to find a point. Somebody at Fox short-circuited. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubEmily VanDerWerffNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Generic cop heroes aren’t always a problem if the show around them boasts other interesting characters or an intriguing premise. Almost Human has both, but, sadly, everything else in the show’s universe takes more after the Urban side of things than the Ealy. Read full review
58
HitfixAlan SepinwallNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Urban is usually a likable presence, and in time Kennex might calm down and start feeling like a person rather than a cliché, at which point Almost Human could settle into being an acceptable spin on buddy cop tropes. Right now, though, it's Ealy or bust. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: The Kennex-Dorian combo is the best part of Almost Human, which otherwise keeps twisting and turning itself into a series of unwieldy plot knots. Read full review
55
Under The RadarAlee KarimNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: It's hard to fall in love with a world that feels...borrowed. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Almost Human isn't terrible, it's just not terribly interesting, at least in the first hour. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Dorian has potential, but Kennex, at least in the pilot, is as grim and humorless as they come. He needs to loosen up. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenNov 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: It is mostly humorless, grave sci-fi, but in the pilot the best moments are the most human. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineMike LechevallierNov 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: Coming from J.J. Abrams's aptly-titled Bad Robot Productions, Almost Human certainly has the means to develop into something more innovative, but as it hardly makes an effort to differentiate from the material it habitually duplicates, it's a series that repeatedly finds itself on the fritz. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinNov 8, 2013
Season 1 Review: Almost Human is a tolerably silly sci-fi action show set in a Blade Runner-ish future where human cops are paired with robots to battle the high-tech gangs that have the run of the seedy streets. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryNov 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Urban is perfectly fine as this futuristic Dirty Harry, but Ealy never hits anything approximating a rhythm as his eager-to-please partner. Then again, neither is helped much by the tin-eared dialogue. Read full review
20
PopMattersLesley SmithNov 18, 2013
Season 1 Review: If the premise intrigues you, watch or rewatch Blade Runner instead, and offer Almost Human the all-too-human body swerve. Read full review
0
Washington PostHank StueverSep 15, 2013
Season 1 Review: Another dull example of the manufacturing of sci-fi factory goods with the (increasingly devalued) J.J. Abrams label slapped on. Read full review
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