Cult
The CW | CW | Release Date: February 19, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
9
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkFeb 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: It somehow manages to be more inviting than ABC's new and thoroughly preposterous Zero Hour, although both series could be the stuff of sadistic semester-ending writing essays. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraFeb 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: Cult has just the right amount of preposterous dialogue and clunky transitions to draw potential hate-watchers too, a bit of zeitgeist juggling that is both slightly nauseating and admirable. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniFeb 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: The opening episode is wildly uneven, at times downright irritating. But it's equally intriguing, compelling, and full of potential. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenFeb 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: So although the details aren't quite right, the concept of Cult remains intriguing. Perhaps, like Mr. O'Bannon's "Farscape," Cult will improve over time. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike HaleFeb 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: The occasional half-decent joke aside, the pilot episode of (the real) Cult is largely derivative, with a style and atmosphere reminiscent of better CW shows like “Supernatural” and “The Vampire Diaries,” and a mildly interesting, at best, metaphysical-mystery component that feels borrowed from “Lost.” Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandFeb 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: Beyond the gimmick, will there be enough to maintain our interest? If not, Cult could easily wind up as one TV show in search of an audience. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertFeb 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: Cult is too messy and unnecessarily complex to be the show it could and should be. Read full review
40
SalonWilla PaskinFeb 19, 2013
Season 1 Review: The show has got a ponderous B-movie quality, everything so serious and simultaneously so silly. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryFeb 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: The shiny exterior and show-within-a-show construct can't obscure the pilot's general incoherence--or nagging questions about where any of this might be heading. Read full review
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