Crisis in Six Scenes

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Season 1
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 39
  3. Negative: 8 out of 39
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  1. lancekoz
    Nov 19, 2016
    4
    This is a slow burn story with a lot of redundant gabbing and little emotion. A few laughs, and pretty to look at, but Woody is past his prime here as a panicky, forgetful old man guided thru life by a grumbling but much more aware wife, and quirks that appear in the plot are totally far-fetched (sleep-walking scene, I need say no more). I generally can put up with a lot of this kind ofThis is a slow burn story with a lot of redundant gabbing and little emotion. A few laughs, and pretty to look at, but Woody is past his prime here as a panicky, forgetful old man guided thru life by a grumbling but much more aware wife, and quirks that appear in the plot are totally far-fetched (sleep-walking scene, I need say no more). I generally can put up with a lot of this kind of thing from Allen and still find some redemption, but this is a bridge too far. My wife and I just turned it off out of boredom. Oddly, Miley Cyrus was the BEST thing about it... she was actually acting with some enthusiasm, in spite of the limited and repetitive lines written for her. The whole thing seems partially baked, I believe Woody just took the money and supplied a script written while HE was sleep walking.… Expand
  2. frankrog29
    Oct 16, 2016
    6
    Much like his movies, Woody Allen's first mini-series grapples with philosophical, social, and political issues that most TV shows are afraid to touch with a 10-foot pole. The writing feels very genuine and honest. The show made me reexamine my life and wonder if I have made the correct choices. If you want to watch something snarky, cynical, and negative, you have hundreds of otherMuch like his movies, Woody Allen's first mini-series grapples with philosophical, social, and political issues that most TV shows are afraid to touch with a 10-foot pole. The writing feels very genuine and honest. The show made me reexamine my life and wonder if I have made the correct choices. If you want to watch something snarky, cynical, and negative, you have hundreds of other mind-numbing shows from which to choose.… Expand
  3. JLuis_001
    Oct 14, 2017
    5
    It wasn't the complete disaster I'd heard it was, but Allen's boredom is quite evident.

    I'm still wondering why did he do it if he wasn't really into it.

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Metascore
44

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 29
  3. Negative: 7 out of 29
  1. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Sep 30, 2016
    50
    The first few episodes meander by, full of too-long dialogue and not enough action, while all the best moments are precise. ... Crisis gets better as it goes on, perhaps because a climax is not so different in film and television.
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  2. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Sep 30, 2016
    30
    A tired comedy that feels entirely phoned in.
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  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Sep 30, 2016
    40
    Woody Allen has made a TV series for Amazon--or rather, he’s taken what might have been a passably mediocre Woody Allen movie and chopped it up into six little partseach clocking in at a little more than 20 minutes, and called it “Crisis in Six Scenes.”
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