Animal Kingdom

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  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 14, 2016
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 68 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 68
  3. Negative: 11 out of 68
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  1. ROBOVJR
    Aug 3, 2016
    6
    I like the show and the premise set in southern California. But.......no way pint size Ellen Barkin controls and rules these guys the way she does. Like she's some mastermind of crime, and the brothers need her. These guys are smart and are already pulling off jobs behind her back Her hold on them is absolutely ridiculous!! With a little over 1 M viewers an episode this series is summerI like the show and the premise set in southern California. But.......no way pint size Ellen Barkin controls and rules these guys the way she does. Like she's some mastermind of crime, and the brothers need her. These guys are smart and are already pulling off jobs behind her back Her hold on them is absolutely ridiculous!! With a little over 1 M viewers an episode this series is summer fun, a one season stand alone at best.… Expand
  2. LamontRaymond
    Jul 17, 2016
    6
    The movie on which this series is based is one of my all-time favorite films, so it had a lot to live up to. But it's not doing a terrible job. The new "Jay" is the most compelling actor of the bunch, and I think Scott Speedman is doing a serviceable job. Where this show gets crushed vis a vis the movie is the Pope character. That actor doesn't have the chops to get within strikingThe movie on which this series is based is one of my all-time favorite films, so it had a lot to live up to. But it's not doing a terrible job. The new "Jay" is the most compelling actor of the bunch, and I think Scott Speedman is doing a serviceable job. Where this show gets crushed vis a vis the movie is the Pope character. That actor doesn't have the chops to get within striking distance of the performance Ben Mendelhsohn delivered in the movie. Also, Jackie Weaver was brilliance - Ellen Barkin is fine, but she's simply outclassed. So I'm definitely going to finish the season, but it's not what I was hoping for. Keep up the storylines! (Esp the C. Thomas Howell stuff - fun!)… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#97 Best TV Season of 2016
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#88 Most Discussed TV Season of 2016
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#45 Most Shared TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jun 16, 2016
    50
    This crowded house becomes a power keg of divided loyalties and jealousies, often playing out in reckless games of chicken that soon grow tiresome. [20-26 Jun 2016, p.16]
  2. Time
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Jun 14, 2016
    60
    There’s just enough cliché here to make Animal Kingdom as comfortable as air-conditioning. But Ellen Barkin’s reinvention of the Smurf role, finding new provocations in the already provocatively written role of a grandma crime boss, is a pleasant jolt.
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  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Jun 14, 2016
    58
    Animal Kingdom is nowhere near in the same league as The Americans or Fargo or the recently ended Justified. And if it’s trying to be Sons of Anarchy ... well, I think most viewers finally had enough of that, too.
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