Crossing Swords
HULU | Release Date: June 12, 2020
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
ColliderDave TrumboreJun 12, 2020
Season 1 Review: As far as new, creative, original animated series go, Crossing Swords is one of the year’s best. Read full review
67
IndieWireSteve GreeneJun 12, 2020
Season 1 Review: With so much of the tonal groundwork taken care of by that first episode, each new attempt to go back to that well gets less and less shocking. ... Yet, even when those people around Patrick seem thin, it’s the voice work on the show that becomes another saving grace. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comAllison ShoemakerJun 12, 2020
Season 1 Review: It’s reasonably funny sometimes—a relief, that, as ‘profane’ and ‘funny’ are its only obvious goals—but hearkens back to a time when shows like “South Park” and “Family Guy” felt consistently new and fresh. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 11, 2020
Season 1 Review: “Swords” is occasionally funny but more often settles for outrageous — a Little People figure swearing and showing off his private parts! — which may work to a degree the first time, but grows tiresome and dull in repetition. Read full review
40
The GuardianCharles BramescoJun 10, 2020
Season 1 Review: The scripts pass pedestrian potty-mouthing off as the quippy intellect needed to get us comfortable at this low height of brow. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeJun 8, 2020
Season 1 Review: The series isn’t without moments of cleverness, but even the jokes that land mostly just emphasize how complacent the remainder of Crossing Swords is to coast on its crassness. Read full review
10
DeciderBrett WhiteJun 24, 2020
Season 1 Review: Every character is operating on a different level of vulgarity. ... Skip it, unless you’re in 8th grade and somehow haven’t already heard these jokes before. Read full review
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