Manifest

NBC | Netflix | Release Date: September 24, 2018

6.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 56 Ratings

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podaddyJan 27, 2021

This show gets a 3 from me for the premise, which made the show sound extremely interesting. Take away that and it barely merits a 1. Some in my household found it interesting enough to keep watching and for that reason, I have seen everyThis show gets a 3 from me for the premise, which made the show sound extremely interesting. Take away that and it barely merits a 1. Some in my household found it interesting enough to keep watching and for that reason, I have seen every painstakingly awful episode of very bad acting and even worse writing. Aspiring/struggling actors must look at this show and say "I can't get work and THAT guy gets a role on a major network's TV drama?! I'm mostly talking about the actor who plays Ben, I'm stunned every time I watch and realize that a group of people watched him auditon for the part and said "yep, that's our guy" One critic nailed it with the critique that Manifest wants to be "This is Us" meets "Lost" and fails miserably. I loathe the emotional manipulativeness of "This is Us", but can not deny the writing and acting are consistently good, and sometimes excellent. As for Lost, Manifest can't hold up to even the late season Lost that so many people trashed....not even close. I can only assumed that the folks who like Manifest have limited cable access and rarely venture out beyond ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox.… Expand

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JRjrFeb 27, 2020

The idea is good but the execution not so much. Cliche after cliche and way to sentimental. The characters are 2 dimensional and apart from Cal, the young boy, you have zero sympathy for any of them. Definitely has a feel of a show that gotThe idea is good but the execution not so much. Cliche after cliche and way to sentimental. The characters are 2 dimensional and apart from Cal, the young boy, you have zero sympathy for any of them. Definitely has a feel of a show that got made up as they went along.… Expand

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DeralacNov 4, 2022

I tried watching this show (twice) but I just did not like several of the characters and the mystery box wasn’t interesting enough to keep my attention. But mostly it was the characters. There were too many obnoxious cardboard characters. TheI tried watching this show (twice) but I just did not like several of the characters and the mystery box wasn’t interesting enough to keep my attention. But mostly it was the characters. There were too many obnoxious cardboard characters. The kind of people I would avoid in real life. Also, the pacing suggests they really didn’t have much story so they were dragging it out. In short, this show consists of unlikable characters, mystery box plot, and slow pacing. Bad writing 101 just like most of what’s out today. There’s an entire generation of incompetent writers who have, for some absurd reason I can’t fathom, been hired to write almost every movie and show.… Expand

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max1cApr 20, 2022

Absolute dog sh*t. There's literally nothing good about this show beyond first two episodes. Awful C tier actors, horrible writing, horrible visuals, horrible everything. Don't waste your time with this one.

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SoreelJan 3, 2022

The predictable dialogue and the shmaltzy storylines could be forgiven if the show had at all delivered on the premise. Let's ignore for a moment that the show is blatantly Christian, including finding part of the lost ark.

What I want toThe predictable dialogue and the shmaltzy storylines could be forgiven if the show had at all delivered on the premise. Let's ignore for a moment that the show is blatantly Christian, including finding part of the lost ark.

What I want to explore is the laziness and hack writing that pulls out all of the tropes: government conspiracy, "science" defined as an amoral approach to living and progress, the police who are trying their best at all times but are handed a system that lets criminals go free. Its this kind of conservative fantasy told over and over in mainstream television that erodes our confidence in a fact-based society. I find particularly annoying that the Stones, a middle-class family are incredibly entitled. No one works, there is always money for a nice house and they have the privileged to walk in and out of government facilities and flaunt the law in a completely unbelievable way.… Expand

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phillyjeffJan 5, 2023

This show was tolerable, at best. Since moving to Netflix, its complete garbage