E-Ring
NBC | Release Date: September 21, 2005
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
13

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
Season 1 Review: Besides its surefire pacing and startling moments, "Invasion" features a promising cast. Read full review
70
Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
Season 1 Review: [It has] a tick-tick-tick pace almost as intense as that of 24. Read full review
70
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: An effective and well-wrought drama, with enough cinematic flair and energy to paper over some of its more obvious faults. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith
Season 1 Review: A slick production. Read full review
63
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: "E-Ring" is sometimes kind of silly, sometimes tightly drawn, and sometimes it's fun. Read full review
60
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: We don't really learn anything new about the military or its operations, of course, but with the slick scenes and snappy one-liners coming in rapid succession, who really cares? Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: The half-tense dramatic payoff is a pleasant surprise, but the bluster -- oh, the bluster and machismo are palpable. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: It pulsates with the requisite flash and dash we've come to expect of a Bruckheimer outing, in this case rather like "JAG" on steroids. But at the end of the day it rings emotionally hollow. Read full review
50
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: Anyone who saw Team America, the movie send-up of all things Bruckheimerian, will find E-Ring hard to take too seriously. [24 Oct 2005, p.41]
40
PopMattersCynthia Fuchs
Season 1 Review: Hopper [is] so misfitted for this role that he seems perversely perfect. Read full review
38
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: With each misstep, E-Ring becomes more ridiculous. Read full review
30
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, despite an interesting pair of lead actors, ''E-Ring" is stubbornly conventional and bland. Read full review
30
Miami Herald
Season 1 Review: The unarguable truth of E-Ring's central premise -- that America's national-security bureaucracy probably spends as much time in intramural squabbles as it does fighting terrorism or rogue states -- does not make it any better drama. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Remember those scenes on "The West Wing" when the Joint Chiefs assemble in the "situation room" to tackle some faraway threat? Reprise the tension with none of the intelligence, inject flag-waving machismo and high-tech imagery, and what's left is this Jerry Bruckheimer drama. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: The network may feel that Bratt could stand there, read the phone book and attract millions of adoring female fans. Starring in "E-Ring" may be the closest thing to finding out whether that's true. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: "E-Ring" is boring. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: As the mission's race against time ticks down, "E-Ring" thinks it's got you by the throat, and that's true, because you feel like you're being led around on a leash. Read full review
20
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Overcooked and preposterous to the point of being laughable. Read full review
20
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: Both tonight's opening episode and next week's installment are predictable, loaded with cliched dialogue and lacking in the tension you want in this kind of show. Read full review
20
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: More proof that even Jerry Bruckheimer can spit out barely watchable productions. Read full review
10
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: [A] surprisingly brain-dead series. Read full review
10
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Interesting and exciting only when no one's saying anything, which isn't very often. Read full review
10
The New York TimesNed Martel
Season 1 Review: Chest-pounding [and] inept. Read full review
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