Manifest

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Season 1
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
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Critic Reviews

  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Lorraine Ali
    Sep 24, 2018
    60
    The bumpy flight scene is indeed terrifying (firsthand advice: don’t watch on a plane). But once on the ground, rote themes of redemption and faith dilute an otherwise intriguing supernatural occurrence. ... [Recurring themes] point toward a potentially addictive series if “Manifest” allows its gripping supernatural narrative to rise above its characters’ less interesting personal dramas.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Sep 21, 2018
    60
    Self-important much? There’s an awful lot of big emotion on this show, which is my polite way of saying that it’s pretty soapy. ... But there’s a “Lost”-like mystery afoot that drew me in, as the passengers begin to experience similar after-effects.
  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Sep 24, 2018
    58
    Manifest moves fast, but it plays like a ticket to nowhere.
  5. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 25, 2018
    52
    Seems like it should be a movie instead of a serialized weekly series.
  6. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Sep 24, 2018
    50
    It's always difficult with such concepts -- and perhaps this one more than most -- to see whether the producers can sustain enough interest to keep the show airborne.
  7. TVLine
    Reviewed by: Dave Nemetz
    Sep 24, 2018
    42
    The first hour didn’t grab me hard enough that I want to stick around to find out.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Margaret Lyons
    Sep 24, 2018
    40
    Manifest has a frustrating lack of propulsion, a central dullness whose force field is so strong it bends all the interesting parts toward itself.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Sep 20, 2018
    40
    All I can speculate based on the pilot is that either none of the characters on that airplane are interesting or else the pilot made a huge mistake in terms of which characters to lead with. The Stones are, simply, dull. They're very pretty, mind you. And they're very earnest.
  10. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Sep 20, 2018
    40
    What if Lost, except generic and forgettable? That essentially describes Manifest. ... The execution doesn’t seem to be there. The problem with Manifest isn’t that it’s trying too blatantly hard to be a pseudo-Lost reboot. It’s that even after that turbulence hits, it doesn’t capture how it feels for these characters’ worlds to be shaken.

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User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 62
  3. Negative: 11 out of 62
  1. bhadfield
    Oct 5, 2018
    5
    Hilariously bad. I can't look away and funny is funny so that helps the score. By way of example, the authorities go through the plane inHilariously bad. I can't look away and funny is funny so that helps the score. By way of example, the authorities go through the plane in HASMAT suits but they've already released all the passengers into the general public. The fun continues.… Full Review »
  2. Rjallen1
    Sep 26, 2018
    6
    They could spend some time developing the characters, instead of jumping right to...plane ...and oh its the future. you have a whole seasonThey could spend some time developing the characters, instead of jumping right to...plane ...and oh its the future. you have a whole season and you did that in the first 5 minutes. Give us an hour of whose's who and then have the dramatic event, could have left the last line being, you took off in 2013 and its now 2018... gives us a reason to watch, the second show... to many shows now these days do not give us the opportunity to get to know the character... that's why This is Us, is so popular, it's going on season 3 and we are still learning things about them.… Full Review »
  3. AlaskanLost
    Apr 11, 2019
    3
    The acting is terrible. I had zero emotion because the actors did not have any themselves. In my opinion the majority of each episode is soThe acting is terrible. I had zero emotion because the actors did not have any themselves. In my opinion the majority of each episode is so much filler that it seems to drag on and I found myself reading my phone or playing with the cat and not watching the episode. The drama seemed so forced and I also found myself rolling my eyes a lot saying "stop" to several things I saw. This show could be just beyond amazing. The casting was good just not their acting. I don't know how to explain it. Maybe they don't act well off of each other or something. It was just emotionally flat. I hope there is a season 2 but if the first two episodes are like the first, in respect to the acting and just boring dialog, then I'll check out and stop watching because the series is giving me nothing to grab on to… Full Review »
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