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
80
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Some of the pirates tonight, perhaps inevitably, take on a little of Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow. But the acting is generally solid and the action is both stirring and, happily, easy to follow. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesTeresa Budasi
Season 1 Review: Once you figure out that the show is pure fluffy action-adventure and uses the book only as a flimsy guidepost, it's actually pretty entertaining. Read full review
75
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: Surprise! Crusoe's good, and by "good" I mean competently produced and acted. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: That NBC has bought into this concept reflects network TV's lowered expectations, but the series' two-hour premiere is a respectable effort--handsomely shot and offering old-fashioned end-of-the-week escapism, albeit with a character unable to escape his own island purgatory. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: Demanding absolute sense or ironclad consistency from a show like this is like wanting a butterfly to fly a straighter line, not only pointless but somehow unnatural. Read full review
70
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: The latest re-imagining of Daniel Defoe’s classic tale of a man shipwrecked on an island far from home has already earned its keep. Read full review
70
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: The two-hour pilot episode was engaging and fun in a way that NBC's other throwback dramas ("Knight Rider," "My Own Worst Enemy") have failed to be. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: The irony of a series like Crusoe is that its provenance is a classic, much-analyzed novel, but the creators and NBC really just hope you’ll watch it because it’s Lost without the pretentious reach. And that’s fine, too. Read full review
63
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: The chemistry between Winchester and Chirisa is great and very believeable, which goes to the acting ability of both men. It's not easy to make relationships seem real in this out-there fantasy. Read full review
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