Dominion
SyFy | Release Date: June 19, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The Lincoln Journal StarJeff KorbelikJun 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: Dominion is dark, and the angels portrayed here are scary--not the heavenly do-gooders we’ve come to know them as through other media. Based on the pilot episode, good has a long way to go before it can overcome evil--if that’s even possible. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: Dominion will never be confused with sophisticated TV but in its pilot episode, the only episode made available for review, it’s surprisingly more entertaining and a better yarn than plenty of other Syfy efforts. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubKate KulzickJun 18, 2014
Season 1 Review: It still has a lot of work to do, but with care, Dominion has the potential to grow into something special. Read full review
67
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJun 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: As the Chosen One, Egan is blond and bland. Dale and Head do well playing against type. As the Big Bad of the piece, Gabriel appears for perhaps 40 seconds of the 90-minute premiere and is still the most interesting character here. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJun 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: Dominion perhaps has the makings of a passable post-apocalyptic tale. But it can also be over-wrought and half-baked, with a premise that never really delivers any of the implied biblical goods. Read full review
58
NewsdayDiane WertsJun 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: Maybe the Thursday pilot's portentous whispers in candle-lighted spaces will seem less pretentious and more profound as Dominion moves past initial exposition from a cast trying not to sound like they're from all over the planet. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike HaleJun 18, 2014
Season 1 Review: When Dominion isn’t preoccupied with filling in its portentous back story, it provides some capably filmed action and a higher grade of acting than usual for this kind of show. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverJun 18, 2014
Season 1 Review: SyFy routinely demonstrates that today’s tricks have gotten too easy, which is why Dominion feels like it is unintentionally telling a separate story of a world in which humanity is held captive by quickie CGI. Read full review
40
Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakJun 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: Nothing on this futuristic landscape stands out: the performances, the dialogue, the direction, the special effects. The premise is solid enough. Yet everything constructed on this foundation seems to have been fashioned from nothing more substantial than cardboard. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonJun 13, 2014
Season 1 Review: Only Anthony Stewart Head, nefariously pulling strings as a Machiavellian senator, keeps things from becoming entirely hellish. [20 Jun 2014, p.59]
30
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJun 19, 2014
Season 1 Review: It's a lot of exposition to get through, and that's just what writer Vaun Wilmott and director Scott Stewart, the latter of whom also worked on "Legion," do--they get through it, with way too much talking and not nearly enough bodies exploding into acid. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian LowryJun 18, 2014
Season 1 Review: Even as a guilty pleasure, the series requires a willingness to suspend concerns about logic, and embrace the elaborate plot entirely on its own terms, ignoring the sizable gaps in coherence as the opener races through its setup. Read full review
0
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanJun 18, 2014
Season 1 Review: Syfy's latest drama, Dominion, may be one of the dumbest, worst-acted, most poorly written series I've seen in ages. In no way should this encourage you to tune in hoping to rubberneck this bit of awfulness in hopes of creating some kind of new drinking game. Read full review
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