American Gypsies
National Geographic Channel | National Geographic | Release Date: July 17, 2012
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59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
NewsdayDiane WertsJul 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: Strong personalities evoke the hold of the old, the tug of the new, and that intersection's human fireworks. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJul 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: Where American Gypsies shines--and it really does shine here and there--is in the glimpses we get of the internal system of justice that's developed among a people who don't trust government, and family rituals like the "red-dress ceremony" with which the Johns family welcomes its newest member. Read full review
63
New York PostLinda StasiJul 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: Not that this family of five adult sons, along with matriarch, Tina, and patriarch, Bobby Sr., aren't fascinating. They are. I just don't know if I want to live with them and all their unnecessary drama. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyTanner StranskyJul 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: Gypsies is just mildly entertaining, mostly because the family drama seems staged. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJul 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: The producers are so focused on creating and highlighting conflict that after a while, as with the boy who cried wolf, you would just like everyone to shut up and be eaten. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJul 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: American Gypsies, the second deplorable show about this subculture to come along in three months. Read full review
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