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Critic Reviews
May 1, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The eight-episode show fantasia of ancient mythology and Americana is gorgeously conceived, vastly imaginative, and ludicrously over the top. It also unfortunately falls sway to the worst, most self-indulgent excesses of prestige television, namely terrible pacing, prodigal violence, and a thuddingly unsubtle score that often feels better suited to a high-budget porn film.
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TV Guide MagazineApr 27, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Visually spectacular but initially lumbering series adaptation. [1-14 May 2017, p.18]
Apr 25, 2017The PlaylistJan 3, 2021
Season 3 Review:
“American Gods” this season feels more confident overall and more entertaining on a scene-by-scene basis, but it still slips through one’s fingers if they try to see the complete picture of what this show is trying to be. It seems too content to meander from episode to episode, allowing for the aforementioned philosophical mumbo jumbo when it needs to be building momentum.
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The GuardianDec 3, 2019
Mar 5, 2019
Season 2 Review:
Gaiman’s a hell of a writer. Even with Anderson and Chenoweth gone, this is still a striking and deep ensemble. But the whole thing is hollow and dull. Fuller and Green’s vision of American Gods was far from perfect throughout, but it could be stunning in isolated moments or episodes, where the new season offers very little to believe in.
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Apr 27, 2017
Season 1 Review:
While the heavily stylized sex and violence can look beautiful, it’s often just as grim and ponderous as the dialogue and pacing. Only late in the fourth episode does the story begin to coalesce, but by that point it’s likely that anyone who wasn’t a fan to begin with will have long since tuned out.
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