Banshee
Cinemax | Release Date: January 11, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
12
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzJan 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: While it's emphatically not a great show, it is an overheated yet intriguing one, driven more by visuals than words--and if you don't mind that its gory action and soap-opera plots aren't yet matched by dialogue and performance, it's worth a look. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJan 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: Banshee is a mangy mutt of a TV show and doesn't care if you know it. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJan 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: A slow-pokey drama punctuated by shocking violence and sex. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubPhil Dyess-NugentJan 9, 2014
Season 2 Review: The problem is, Banshee is turning into just another show about a lawman with a colorful past that may not do everything by the book, but--he gets results! Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJan 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: Banshee has has elements of "Justified," "Big Love," Ball's "True Blood" and, of course, the film "Witness." What it doesn't have, at least in the first two episodes, is anything new to say, about small towns, power, corruption, fear, crime or love. Read full review
50
TimeJames PoniewozikJan 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: Banshee's not a terrible show. At times it can be entertaining. But at best it's terribly, entertainingly superfluous. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryJan 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: The show has some unorthodox elements, but feels fairly cliched in most of its beats, largely serving as an excuse for bouts of grisly violence and gratuitous sex. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike HaleJan 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: What looks like a flat noir thriller could still make for a pretty entertaining police procedural. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineMike LechevallierJan 9, 2013
Season 1 Review: Neither a clear message nor steady mood can be properly discerned amid the taxing commotion. Read full review
50
NewsdayVerne GayJan 8, 2013
Season 1 Review: Banshee is baloney, but viewed as pure camp, there are some good action sequences and amusing moments. Read full review
42
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJan 9, 2013
Season 1 Review: Its overall implausibility and everything-but-the-kitchen-sink plotting work against what little promise Banshee has. Read full review
40
Washington PostHank StueverJan 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Banshee has the audacity to behave as though its bloody violence, implausible set-up and studied ugliness is somehow vanguard television. In fact, it's just more of the same. Read full review
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