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Generally favorable reviews- based on 43 Ratings
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Positive: 30 out of 43
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Mixed: 6 out of 43
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Negative: 7 out of 43
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Sep 27, 2019
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Apr 20, 2021It comes across as a poor man's X-Files with a religous slant. While there are some interesting ideoa floated in this series, it does on the whole seem aa a mash-up of various excorcism/occult movies.
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A relentlessly clever mash-up procedural, merging psychological medical mystery with techno-crime and spiritual struggle. Its paranoia is far-reaching, and very bleak.
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Though Evil manages some truly unnerving moments, particularly the scenes with the lascivious demon, it's more about ideas than the pea-soup-vomiting stuff audiences usually expect from stories about demons and exorcism. In post-Kardashian America, it may be too late to convince viewers that evil is more than a matter of table manners.
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Getting past the easy signifiers to what really distinguishes David’s and Kristen’s (or Ben’s or Leland’s) views on their intended subjects will help give those characters — and the viewers who follow them — better answers. Even if those perspectives are different, it’s the discussions of those diverging ideas of obligation, morality, and belief that separate this from recent shows that have tried to bring religious ideas into a mainstream offering. So far, it’s an admirable attempt, if sometimes overly simplistic. If there’s a willingness to go further, there are deeper mysteries waiting to be explored.