Crusoe
NBC | Release Date: October 17, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
9
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: For all its shortcomings and flat flourishes, Crusoe has one very significant thing going for it, a virtue that can be summarized in four reassuring words: At Least It's Different. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)John Leonard
Season 1 Review: Like Huck and Jim, or Ishmael and Queequeg, Crusoe and Friday embody the triumph of homoerotic male bonding over the steeps of race, culture, and ethnicity. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Equal parts sly and stupid, rousing and ridiculous. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Defoe's ambitious bachelor is transformed into an ardent husband and father, whose memories of his previous life are so tinged with romance they include falling rose petals. I kid you not. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: For the first hour, the sheer silly energy of the contraptions and the appeal of the two stars carry Crusoe along. But you may find yourself tiring of plot holes you can steer a galleon through and the second-rate nature of much of the cast, and wondering how you make a series out of two people trapped on a deserted island. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Instead of breaking new ground, Crusoe falls back on hokey Saturday matinee swashbuckling, a treasure map, explosions, and jungle sets with fake torches that invite you to look for "Survivor" host Jeff Probst around the next boulder. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: The tone varies wildly from action-adventure to serious costume drama. Read full review
50
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: Smart writing, fine cast, cool setting and story, but so far Crusoe can't help feeling a little dorky and dated. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith
Season 1 Review: In other words, deconstructionists of the world, there is nothing here for you. Nor, it must be said, for anyone who is not entertained by family-friendly fare. Perhaps future episodes will get down and dirty. So far, however, the series is straight as an arrow. Read full review
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