Matador

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Season 1
User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
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  1. FleshWorld
    Aug 13, 2014
    8
    I think the critics got it right here. Yes it comes off as a B-movie type of show but it absolutely has so much joy and revelry in the acting & the directing & the writing that you just can't help but have fun with the show. Alfred Molina is great and that the lead actor who plays bravo is extremely talented. Even the mail CIA handler is perversely funny. This is the second show on the ElI think the critics got it right here. Yes it comes off as a B-movie type of show but it absolutely has so much joy and revelry in the acting & the directing & the writing that you just can't help but have fun with the show. Alfred Molina is great and that the lead actor who plays bravo is extremely talented. Even the mail CIA handler is perversely funny. This is the second show on the El Rey network that I have watched after from dusk till Dawn and I'm really loving it. I'm so glad I found this channel.… Expand

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Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Jul 16, 2014
    70
    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.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jul 15, 2014
    70
    The flavor is high-style retro-modern, high-style B-picture.
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  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: David Hiltbrand
    Jul 15, 2014
    70
    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.
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