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
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
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