Matador
El Rey Network | El Rey | Release Date: July 15, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJul 14, 2014
Season 1 Review: The show is fast-paced and sexy, but perhaps its secret weapon is the authenticity of Tony's character as a young Latino resident of the working class, largely Mexican American Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzJul 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: The show is a compendium of high-octane clichés, just clever enough that you can't call it stupid and just stupid enough that you can't call it clever.... There are three saving graces. One is the premise, which is enjoyably ludicrous.... The second saving grace is the multicultural cast and international flavor.... The third saving grace, certainly not to be underestimated, is Luna, who's got a marvelous Everyman quality. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJul 15, 2014
Season 1 Review: The flavor is high-style retro-modern, high-style B-picture. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandJul 15, 2014
Season 1 Review: Glitzy, spoofy, and bristling with attitude, Matador is the modern equivalent of I Spy, the classic '60s series about a pro tennis player/secret agent, starring Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterAllison KeeneJul 15, 2014
Season 1 Review: Matador isn't a comedy, but it has its moments of levity, which is smart--the show shouldn't take itself too seriously, and those very Rodriguez (who directed the pilot) touches of sudden jump cuts and cartoonish violence work perfectly with the overall aesthetic. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJul 14, 2014
Season 1 Review: A fun, entertaining action show. Read full review
60
The New York TimesMike HaleJul 14, 2014
Season 1 Review: Matador is definitely B-level--serviceable dialogue, not-quite-cartoonish characters, gimmicky editing--but it’s not grindhouse. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubMolly EichelJul 15, 2014
Season 1 Review: Matador has the potential to be really fun, once the place-setting of the first episode is out of the way. But the show won’t unlock that potential unless it fully buys into how ridiculous it can truly be. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJul 9, 2014
Season 1 Review: Matador is fairly jaunty and breezy in the only episode sent for review. But it also throws in some serious-minded violence as part of the mix. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian LowryJul 14, 2014
Season 1 Review: The show plays like a slapdash effort, conceived less by creative spark than as the product of focus-group testing, with a dash of nostalgia thrown in. Read full review
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