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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.
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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.
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Its achievement rarely matches its ambitions, but the effect is still pretty dope.
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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.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4,093 out of 4253
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Mixed: 80 out of 4253
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Negative: 80 out of 4253
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BrandonRMar 31, 2010The best show I've seen on TV in years.
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Feb 12, 2011
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mattaSep 30, 2009Good call Doug Elfman. I bet you feel like a douche now that the series has grown into the best thing on TV.