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Positive:
10
Mixed:
15
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
It's grittily atmospheric, sharply scripted and acted with a depth that becomes more apparent as the series goes on. It will leave you on the edge of your seat. [4 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
This gangster saga works best when its hero is in peril. The whackings and the miserably boring lives of thugs - who appear to do nothing but hang around a dumpy pool room bar when they aren't killing each other - are old stuff by now. The double life with the Pistone family adds a different diversion, and there are occasional attempts at humor. [4 Apr 2000]
Dec 16, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The show is good but not great. It feels redundant because it is - two times over, if you count the movie. There's no denying that's a huge drawback, no matter how brooding Gedrick and Welliver get. And, from a pure entertainment stand point, it's less satisfying to see Falcone's wife and family implode than it is to see what's happening with Tony Soprano's home life. Sorry, but it's true.
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Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
Worth watching. ... The domestic drama isn't quite so compelling as the cops-and-robbers stuff but takes some of the edge off of its intensity. [4 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
"Falcone" essentially is "Donnie Brasco" lite--tightly plotted and mostly absorbing, but watered down in terms of acting and storytelling (not to mention dialogue). Still, it's sharper than most of the typical network fare. [4 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
On its own, this series ... might not have seemed so bad. But it can't hold a note compared with "The Sopranos." [4 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
Writing is woefully inconsistent. [4 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
So, the dialogue is cliche, the characters are cliche, the situations are cliche. What is there to recommend about this show? In the end, it's the twists that had me popping episodes into the VCR until I'd watched the first six. There's just enough of a thread -- whether it's clues that endanger Falcone's undercover operation or threats to his family -- to keep you wondering what will happen next.
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Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
It's a fun ride at first. The series is tightly plotted, and the twists create moments of satisfying intrigue ... But juicy plot turns alone cannot fuel a series for long, especially when they repeat themselves, and the limitations of "Falcone" become clearer in its second and third episodes. [4 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
If you've never seen "The Sopranos" -- and haven't seen "Goodfellas," "Donnie Brasco" or some of the other morally ambiguous mob tales -- you may well consider it exciting television. Well acted and occasionally trusting the audience not to need everything spelled out for it, it could fairly be called a pretty good watch. [3 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
A better-than-average mob saga that plays out as an epic of family longings, murder and corruption. ... Falcone is no Sopranos, but it's a so-so alternative. [1 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
The series rarely soars beyond the predictable. [4 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
The show is so far removed from the standard set by "The Sopranos." It just doesn't get off the ground. [4 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
When the programming strategy is more compelling than the drama itself, that's a bad sign. [4 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
I waited for delicious strands of dialogue to memorize - it's a favorite pastime among "Sopranos" addicts - but none was forthcoming from "Falcone." [3 Apr 2000]
Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
The only way it will strike anyone who has seen HBO's "The Sopranos" as extraordinary is in how extraordinarily tame it is.
Dec 16, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Rather than try to enumerate what's wrong with this loopy loser and use up inches of valuable newspaper space, one is tempted just to say "everything" and leave it at that. Of course, that isn't too specific. But watching Falcone saps one's spirits to such an extent that it's hard even to get mad at it.
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Aug 6, 2014
Season 1 Review:
Plagued by pedestrian scripts and mostly nondescript characters, it slogs from night to night without nearly enough suspense or consequences. [2 Apr 2000]
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