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Critic Reviews
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The writing... is sharp and rich. The production -- from the design of the carnival to the evocative cinematography -- is dazzling. The direction from the likes of "Sopranos" veteran Rodrigo Garcia is first-rate. And the acting is sensational. [14 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It's difficult to take your eyes off the screen, not just because it depicts events that are at once moving and puzzling, but also because the pictures themselves are visually commanding. [13 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
I'm still not sure what's going on. It may be more or less than meets the eye, but I'm sure I want to see more. [14 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Even if we are being taken for a ride, there's so much to savor on this trip. [12 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Riveting. [22 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The overriding strangeness gives way to surprising moments of tenderness. [13 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
After screening three episodes, I am as hooked on this moody, hypnotic saga as I've been on any drama since The Sopranos. I'm not saying this is going to be the next Sopranos. It's too idiosyncratic and strange for that. [13 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Everything's been kicked up a notch, and now we know for sure that something big will finally happen. [8 Jan 2005]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
For those willing to take the plunge, a chilling, hypnotic tale awaits. [12 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
I've seen three episodes, can't wait to see the fourth even though I am still as confused as hell (or maybe that's heaven) by everything but the incredible production values and acting. [11 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The aggressively, self-consciously weird Carnivale is a sideshow step away from most any TV series you've ever seen. You may find its oddity appealing, or you may find it off-putting, but its distinctiveness is unmistakable. Next to Carnivale, Twin Peaks looks like JAG. [12 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Whatever problems you may have had with "Carnivale" last season, give it a pass for, let's say, five episodes. That's more than enough time to figure out if the magic has returned. [7 Jan 2005]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Although it can be a tad confusing in the early going, mainly because of some puzzling and violent images from who knows where, those who sit tight are well-rewarded by a stimulating and imaginative work of TV literature. [12 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Even if the big story strikes you as too arty for its own good, a student film on a professional budget, it's worth watching for the tone-perfect production design. [12 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It's beautiful to look at, mind-bending to even try to comprehend, absorbing, compelling, complicated, creepy -- and I have absolutely no clue where it's headed. [13 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
There's a thrill of discovery here that's missing from the mostly formulaic new series marching into view this fall on broadcast networks. [14 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Until "Carnivale" fulfills more of its promise, my enthusiasm is restrained. [3 Jan 2005]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
A mind-boggling drama doesn't always make for compelling television. [12 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
"Carnivale" is so deliberate in its pacing - some would say plodding - it makes "The Wire" look like a breakneck action movie. [12 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Judging from the first two episodes, the series remains both visually compelling and dramatically impenetrable, likely to attract ongoing fans but too confusing at this stage to attract new ones. [7 Jan 2005]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 2 Review:
"Carnivale" is beautiful to look at, but it drags. ... To watch "Carnivale" is to feel you have purchased a moody Tom Waits concept album, where he's banging on trash can lids and mumbling about Satan into a megaphone. [7 Jan 2005]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 2 Review:
It's still as detailed, opaque and confusing as ever. [8 Jan 2005]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The new season of "Carnivale" continues to showcase the series' potential, but it still doesn't live up to the show's enormous promise. It's a cryptic series full of mysteries and that should suck viewers in. But I've yet to feel the full effects of its gravitational pull, which is disappointing because, as they said so often on "The X-Files," I want to believe. [7 Jan 2005]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The series is again intriguing but less than satisfying --- a concept more notable for the unusual time and space the show occupies than what it achieves dramatically. [7 Jan 2005]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
An absolute visual stunner with compelling freak-show characters --- but the series unfortunately takes a leisurely approach toward getting to a point. [12 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The writing and direction are uneven as ever, lurching clumsily from intriguing to annoying. [8 Jan 2005]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
At this point, "Carnivale" is a frustrating blend of intriguing and annoying elements. The writers are taking chances, and you have to give them credit for that, but they haven't quite perfected this mystical mixture of metaphor and metaphysics, mystery and magic. [13 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Alas, the seductive, interesting surface of "Carnivale" can't mask its facile pretensions. [12 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Occasionally hypnotic but too often implausible or incomprehensible. [9 Jan 2005]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Frankly, I just don't get it. ... "Carnivale" feels too much like mystical, mythical nonsense masquerading behind outstanding production values and good acting. [13 Sep 2003]
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Insufferable ... for the most part a stylish and incomprehensible bore. [15 Sep 2003]
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