K-Ville
FOX | Release Date: September 17, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
12
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith
Season 1 Review: As the denizens of K-Ville move among the ruins of the city, the real and the fake merge until you forget that this is mere entertainment. It's a new experience, and an invigorating one. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale
Season 1 Review: This new cop series is filmed in New Orleans, giving it at times too much topicality for its own good. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: K-Ville's" heavy tone and sober acting capture enough of that essence to make it interesting. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: There are intriguing elements here that promise to explore the aches, pains and joys of those committed to rebuilding something wrenched from them. Read full review
60
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: K-Ville is a solidly crafted drama with admirable focus and energy. Read full review
60
The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Season 1 Review: This first episode doesn’t offer enough payoff for those first scenes: far too much Hauser and running, and too little Boulet and talking. But the opening scenes give proof of intelligence, and the series might yet display that intelligence more effectively, and give Mr. Anderson room to play. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyClark Collis
Season 1 Review: K-Ville plays like a tired retooling of the pre-"Homicide" cop-show formula. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)John Leonard
Season 1 Review: K-Ville’s co–executive producers are both cop-show veterans--Jonathan Lisco of NYPD Blue and The District, Craig Silverstein of Bones and Standoff--who know how to yank our chains with close-ups, jump cuts, booster shots of adrenaline, and low-rent noir. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: So what we have here is "Miami Vice" minus the palm trees and sports cars, and plus a sliver of an earnest message. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: Right now, outside of Anderson struggling to make something from the limited ingredients he's been given, New Orleans itself is the only interesting element. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Fox and K-Ville creator Jonathan Lisco get credit for setting their new police drama in post-Katrina New Orleans--but future episodes will have to settle down and get serious if the show is to do justice to its setting and potential. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: After a few minutes, it becomes clear that this is yet another formulaic cop drama off the "Lethal Weapon" template. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: The intent seems to be baiting a drama with a tantalizing marketing hook, but the resulting gumbo--despite a few promising ingredients--is all gristle, no beef. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: The more K-ville captures this aura of gloom, the more depressing it is to watch. Read full review
40
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: K-Ville's Lisco seems to want to have it both ways, presenting very complex cases and then wrapping them up neatly within the hour. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: Lost in all the plot and character contrivance is any sense of the city--a few gumbo and bourbon references are most certainly not enough. Read full review
30
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: All the gunplay, pedal-to-the-metal action and cartoon villains cheapen any serious talk of what's going on in the city. Read full review
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: The show squanders any high-mindedness with ridiculous shoot-'em-up scenes reminiscent of any cop show circa 1979. Read full review
30
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Filmed in New Orleans, the show does have an authentic look, but as a cop drama, it's so hackneyed and ham-handed, it's not even funny. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: A badly acted, clumsily constructed "Starsky & Hutch"/"Miami Vice" revival that imposes fictional clichés on top of harsh realities. Read full review
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