Da Vinci's Demons
Starz | Release Date: April 12, 2013
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METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
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19
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11
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
VarietyBrian LowryOct 22, 2015
Season 3 Review: After opening with a bang, the story meanders a bit in the middle hours, before racing toward the finish, somewhat blunting the impact of the inevitable casualties suffered along the way. While there’s some satisfaction in where the series ends, anything approaching harmonious closure proves elusive. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyMar 20, 2014
Season 2 Review: Street fighting and strategic hiding alike seem to take place in deep shadows, making some of the action difficult to follow. More like impossible, really, for anyone not fully familiar with season one. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyApr 12, 2013
Season 1 Review: It feels at times like part “Da Vinci Code,” part “National Treasure,” part “Borgias” and part “Sherlock,” all with its own underlying tongue-in-cheek bemusement. Read full review
60
The New York TimesMike HaleApr 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: [A] glossy, silly, intermittently entertaining new series. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardApr 12, 2013
Season 1 Review: Series creator, director and writer David S. Goyer (scribe for Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy) twists the already amazing life of the 15th century artist and inventor into something fantastical--but not altogether convincing. Read full review
58
HitfixAlan SepinwallApr 12, 2013
Season 1 Review: Ultimately, I found Da Vinci's Demons ridiculous but fairly amiable. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkApr 10, 2013
Season 1 Review: Da Vinci’s Demons halfway succeeds on the strength of its vigorous, devil-may-care approach, even if it’s also almost thoroughly preposterous in terms of the central character’s deductive powers and abilities. Read full review
50
TimeJames PoniewozikApr 12, 2013
Season 1 Review: Da Vinci’s Demons [is] not a terrible show, nor a terribly good one, but a peculiar hybrid invention whose parts don’t match and that never quite takes flight. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandApr 9, 2013
Season 1 Review: Historical accuracy is only hit-and-miss in Da Vinci's Demons. And that describes how entertaining it is too: More miss than hit, but it does grow on you. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenApr 8, 2013
Season 1 Review: If Mr. Goyer fumbles the pilot in introducing Leonardo's world, he salvages the endeavor in episode two with a good story about da Vinci's inventions for the Medicis. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushApr 12, 2013
Season 1 Review: Demons is possessed by pretentiousness when it tries to be serious and by silliness whenever Leonardo becomes an instant swashbuckler. Read full review
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