Hannibal

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Season 3
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 4, 2013
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 399 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 310 out of 399
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 399
  3. Negative: 61 out of 399
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  1. ShiArch
    Dec 28, 2015
    0
    While season 1 and 2 of Hannibal deserve the high scores (I would rate them both at 9/10) the third season is undoubtedly one of the most disappointing seasons of any tv show.

    Season 3 does away with any coherency in story telling instead relying on slow-motion for everything. People talk in slow motion, lots of times camera goes in slow motion while focusing on snails, visual effects    While season 1 and 2 of Hannibal deserve the high scores (I would rate them both at 9/10) the third season is undoubtedly one of the most disappointing seasons of any tv show.

    Season 3 does away with any coherency in story telling instead relying on slow-motion for everything. People talk in slow motion, lots of times camera goes in slow motion while focusing on snails, visual effects while great are utterly wasted on a very weak story.

    Let me be even more clear, season 1 and 2 showed 'class' while season 3 is full blown 'pretentious'. The level of pretentiousness is over 9000. Every dialogue is written to sound impressive but does not mean anything, characters do illogical things throughout season justified by dialogues that are so silly that after a while we started to laugh. Every scene is same with same X is holding a wine glass in hand while slowly saying something that may sound good but amounts to nothing. Characters from season 1 and 2 are brought back in season 3 but they all do completely uncharacteristic things that will make you wonder if you are watching the same show? All in all, I strongly advice that stick to season 2 ending as that was the way this show was supposed to end. Season 3 is created to be a money grab and it butchers story in an attempt to continue the story for another season.    … Expand
  2. LamontRaymond
    Jun 21, 2015
    2
    No idea what the critics were smoking when the watched the first 3 episodes of Season 3 of Hannibal. I loved the first 2 seasons, but this season is tedious crap! Looks like the 4th episodes might pick up some steam, but I'm completely uninterested in whatever the writers are producing here. It's as if they're playing out the string at the viewers' expense.
  3. EmilyKay
    Jun 27, 2015
    1
    The amount that happened in the first 4 episodes could have been accomplished in the first episode. Did the writers run out of material? Are we flashing back so often just to fill time? The imagery is great, but I can only take so many slow motion close ups of snails, slow motion close ups of peoples lips while eating, slow motion flash-backs, slow motion walking, slow motion thinking,The amount that happened in the first 4 episodes could have been accomplished in the first episode. Did the writers run out of material? Are we flashing back so often just to fill time? The imagery is great, but I can only take so many slow motion close ups of snails, slow motion close ups of peoples lips while eating, slow motion flash-backs, slow motion walking, slow motion thinking, slow motion staring at each other. I LOVED the first two seasons and would give those a 10. This season is killing me - slowly.… Expand
  4. VapidSmirker
    Jun 24, 2015
    2
    Hannibal fails when we want it to succeed. The problem is simple, Hannibal as we knew him was snarling at mediocrity, in this iteration everyone speaks perfectly , there is no color or contrast just lots of clever smart people saying and doing smart and elegant things. Hannibal doesn't seem magnificent anymore , he seems neutered. Where are the rubes?
  5. MarcDoyle
    Jun 21, 2015
    3
    I never would have thought I'd be writing this, but the first few episodes of Hannibal's 3rd season have me bored to tears! It's molasses slow, and there's nothing really happening! I'd never recommend this season to anyone.
  6. Rex_richards
    Jun 13, 2015
    3
    Amazing visuals, but incredibly boring story. I hope Will Graham comes back into it soon. The problem is that it was all the other nutbags like Will and the various killers in previous seasons that made it interesting and constantly innovative. Now it's just the same thing over and over. Hannibal being terse and ummmm... sharpening his knife. Hopefully it will leap into life soon.

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#34 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. The Wrap
    Reviewed by: Deborah Day
    Jun 4, 2015
    80
    Despite the audience-building challenges Fuller sometimes throws in the path of his monster--“Il Monstro,” the Italians call him--it’s hard to hate him; Hannibal Lecter is one of the most interesting characters you hope to never meet.
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  2. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Emily VanDerWerff
    Jun 4, 2015
    100
    Where other TV shows avoid the weight of all that death, Hannibal turns the horror into opera--bold and beautiful and over-the-top and opulent.
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  3. Under The Radar
    Reviewed by: Kyle Turner
    Jun 4, 2015
    95
    The series has also been acquainted with theologically bent ideas, but the trajectory points to the series' characters becoming manifestations of Biblical themes, concepts, and binaries. That they're able to get away with such hard to sell content and pull it off with such aplomb is proof yet that Hannibal, so often a cut above the rest, gets away with delicious murder.
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