Damien
A&E | A&EHD-E | Release Date: March 7, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
8
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanMar 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: Not bad if it’s your thing. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike HaleMar 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: Damien the TV series is a fairly generic supernatural conspiracy thriller with elements of the police procedural, a well-populated genre. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergMar 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: A&E's Damien joins the franchise, offering spooky and violent moments through its first five episodes, but struggling to find the narrative momentum necessary to work as an ongoing series. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenMar 4, 2016
Season 1 Review: The pilot is relatively inert for a thriller as it pretty much tacks in all the expected directions. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMar 3, 2016
Season 1 Review: The early episodes are the most overly ripe. Eventually, we get used to the bad dialogue and unintentionally funny direction and performances and surrender to the fundamental mystery of who Damien is, not to mention the question of the real identities and purpose of various people around him. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryMar 2, 2016
Season 1 Review: At its core, though, the show feels hollow, in part because of the waffling approach to its central character.... Taken strictly on its own terms, Damien is mildly fun through these episodes, its flaws notwithstanding. Read full review
40
Yahoo TVKen TuckerMar 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: Damien has moments of nicely spooky atmospherics, but it’s neither scary nor fun, and when you’re dealing with this topic and this character, you have to move in one of those two directions, or you’ll just lose the battle to the devil of tedium. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushMar 3, 2016
Season 1 Review: Damien feels like dramatic purgatory. [7-10 Mar 2016, p.19]
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