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Critic Reviews
Dec 14, 2017
Season 1 Review:
In celebrating who Van Damme was at the peak of his career and who he is after his long fall from grace, about which the actor has been brutally honest, Callaham and Van Damme grant this series a balance of absurdity and gentle earnestness, even allowing it to end on a warm existential note.
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ColliderDec 13, 2017
Season 1 Review:
While the emu farm itself is funny (because emus), the story takes something of a deeper turn towards the end of the season, as an emotionally beleaguered JCVD learns to love and accept himself first. It’s what makes Jean-Claude Van Johnson something beyond one long SNL spoof; but having said that, the joy of Jean-Claude Van Johnson is how breezy and silly it can be.
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Dec 13, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The series has something of a “True Lies” feel, with its plot winking at itself. There is plenty of action and suspense and even a “Timecop” twist. J-C, though, is a different sort of action-figure, filled with more self-doubt and regret then you usually see in the movies. But even with that, the series smartly never takes itself too seriously.
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Dec 14, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The overarching parody of the series becomes repetitive when an already implausible plot literally doubles down on the absurd. ... The entire enterprise is undergirded only by Van Damme's performance; his athleticism lends itself to physical humor that the actor amplifies with surprising comedic timing.
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IndieWireDec 13, 2017
Season 1 Review:
JCVJ does a better job of playfully incorporating its homages, but they still don’t build to anything more meaningful. Van Damme himself has a bit of fun playing another character, but exhibits little enthusiasm as “himself.” All in all, it’s a rather forgettable, and even if “JCVJ” finds an audience, this diversion could’ve resonated with a wider niche.
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Dec 15, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The whole international-spy thing gets repetitive fast. Kat Foster is awfully appealing as her own sort of intelligence agent whose cover is that she’s Van Damme’s hairdresser--it’s easy to see why the action hero still pines for her. That on-again, off-again romance isn’t very sustaining, however. The show is likable--no more, no less.
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Dec 14, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Directing all six installments, Atencio maintains high production values and when there's an action sequence opportunity--a fight-to-the-death in front of the Huck green screens or some of the climactic battles in the finale--he makes the most of it. It feels like more of a writing problem that whole episodes go by without anything amusing or memorable transpiring.
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Dec 14, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The six-episode season gets increasingly outlandish, eventually including time travel, doppelgangers and a machine that controls the weather. It’s not quite enough to transcend the mediocre comedy, thin characters and rote fight scenes, but at least it’s more entertaining than another assembly-line D-level action movie.
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