Watch Now
Where To Watch
| Buy on |
|
| Stream On |
|
Critic Reviews
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
As it is, the decent but unspectacular Copper comes off as "Deadwood Cop," minus the Milch.
-
All of these characters and situations are mildly interesting, but it's difficult to know from just a couple of episodes if they're ever going to become desperately interesting.
-
The first two episodes are so full of clunky explanations that it's impossible to forget for a moment you're watching a TV show.
-
while the opening episodes set up this material, they don't do much with it, getting bogged down in a sensationalistic, but not especially well-plotted, child-prostitution story.
-
Copper has the same problems that AMC's Hell on Wheels does, which is that there's an excellent show there somewhere, just not on the screen.
-
While the story does capture a sense of the times--and provides intriguing glimpses into the Manhattan of 160 years ago--as constructed, this can't help but feel like "Deadwood" lite.
-
If the actors were stronger--or, to be fair, if the show had had a better sense of how to tap whatever talents they possess--they might have been able to sell the material. No such luck.
-
It's missing exactly the elements that make you want to watch those British shows on BBC America: energy, irreverence, a sense of humor and, crucially, consistently good performances.
-
It doesn't lack in ambition. It's in the stilted, stiff execution where things fall apart.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 42 out of 53
-
Mixed: 8 out of 53
-
Negative: 3 out of 53
-
Sep 3, 2012
-
Sep 10, 2012
-
Aug 19, 2012