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Positive:
10
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
ColliderMay 10, 2023
May 8, 2023
Season 1 Review:
This is a decidedly uneven effort; at times, the action has to come to a screeching halt for expository dialogue, as if the series is acknowledging it has some clarity problems. Still, thanks in large part to that outstanding cast and the cinematic production values, “Class of ’09” could graduate into something memorable.
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May 10, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Kate Mara, Brian Tyree Henry, Sepideh Moafi: Take a bow. Those three, with an extra emphatic nod to Henry (the brilliant “Paper Boi” from Atlanta) are the saving graces of Class of ’09, an otherwise serviceable but occasionally disoriented FBI thriller from FX (streaming on Hulu).
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TV Guide MagazineMay 18, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Just when you think you've seen every variation on an FBI drama, this mix of old school and new has a way of keeping you engaged and alert. [23 May - 11 Jun 2023, p.6]
May 10, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Few shows have such a unique combination of grounded action and performances with an Orwellian social conscience and special effects splashed flash forwards. If Class of ’09 balances those elements better going forward, it could be as well-rounded, lithe and lethal as the best trained FBI boot camp recruits it is depicting.
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RogerEbert.comMay 9, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Sometimes, it feels like the timelines aren’t equal in terms of storytelling or viewer interest, but the writers and editors are smart to let long scenes play out within them before zipping to the next. I hope the show doesn’t get more manic with the time jumps because it’s right on the verge of doing that a bit too much already.
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May 3, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Class of '09 clearly still has much to reveal as it hints at mysteries to come. And maybe those revelations will prove involving enough to alleviate some of the problems with the often poky pacing of these early outings. It's a smart and timely series. But by its halfway point, it's yet to feel like a vital one.
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May 9, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The personal lives of the characters can grow emotionally moribund. But the action sequences, and the confrontations between Mr. Henry's Tayo and the homegrown terrorists he's trying to stop, are grippingly violent and intelligently so. Whether "Class of '09" is operating at peak efficiency depends on who is on screen.
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May 10, 2023
Season 1 Review:
There are worthy performances in the mix, most notably from leads Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara, but the actors are working with scattered material that might have benefited from focus and some ruthless paring, particularly when it comes to the awkward expositional dialogue.
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May 9, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Feels like one of those instances in which the trickiness of the split storylines becomes a cover for the sense that, through the four episodes sent to critics, none of the three timelines would be close to interesting enough to sustain interest. The series’ directors, starting with Joe Robert Cole and Sunu Gonera, establish momentum, but struggle to make the individual pieces feel distinctive.
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