Breaking Bad
AMC | Release Date: January 20, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
87
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 98 Critic Reviews
Positive:
94
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: Breaking Bad is a show constructed around a self-conscious edginess. You have to push past this edge and be willing to step inside before discovering any depth. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: You can feel creator Vince Gilligan (of "The X-Files") straining to build an emblematic American fable and forgetting to fill in his story with particularities and believable motivations. Read full review
60
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: Its achievement rarely matches its ambitions, but the effect is still pretty dope. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: Breaking could be a good study of acting, since Cranston and Aaron Paul (as his partner, Jesse) get under the grimy skin of their characters. But there's not enough of the good stuff, like writing, directing, mood, cinematography--you get the point. Read full review
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