McMafia
AMC | BBC One | Release Date: January 2, 2018
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Under The RadarStephen MayneMar 1, 2018
Season 1 Review: Norton's stony glare, and a supporting cast rarely rising above one-line descriptions don't sink proceedings. Even if this is just The Night Manager cross-pollinated with The Godfather, it produces a decent hybrid. Read full review
60
SalonMelanie McFarlandFeb 26, 2018
Season 1 Review: It's durably made, thoughtfully written and well-acted. It’s also ... methodical, to put it nicely. Others might call it plodding. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzFeb 23, 2018
Season 1 Review: It’s not terrible, not great, just OK: better acted than directed, better directed than written, and generally a bit cooler and more generic than it needed to be in order to stand out in a medium that already has more violent antiheroes than it can handle. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanFeb 21, 2018
Season 1 Review: "Where is all this going and should I really care?" is the question that plagues the series, despite some compelling elements and a gifted international cast. In McMafia, the ambition is there but the interest to see it play out may not be. Read full review
58
IndieWireBen TraversFeb 22, 2018
Season 1 Review: If it were a McDonalds product, it would be an Egg McMuffin. Bland but filling, it’s a breakfast sandwich sans any discernible flavor. Read full review
55
CNNBrian LowryFeb 27, 2018
Season 1 Review: While there are strong moments in this globetrotting international series, it plays like a retread of earlier mob tales -- albeit with a timely tie-in to the Russians and money laundering -- in a way that represents an offer you can safely refuse. Read full review
50
The AtlanticSophie GilbertFeb 26, 2018
Season 1 Review: Norton plays Alex with such committed blankness that his rare outbursts of emotion are almost humorous. He’s best during the action set pieces, which create the propulsive tension the series sorely lacks. But he can’t convey the motivations of a character who doesn’t have any. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydFeb 26, 2018
Season 1 Review: The larger set pieces feel reasonably well populated and a computer-assisted heist (those shipping containers, mentioned above), accomplished by minor but vividly portrayed characters, is more convincing than such sequences usually are. What's difficult is caring what happens to most of these characters for any amount of time Read full review
50
Colorado Springs GazetteTerry TerronesFeb 23, 2018
Season 1 Review: McMafia gets off to a painstakingly slow start. For the first half hour of the premiere, I was lulled to sleep by talk of banking and finance. Even after the pace finally starts picking up, things slow down again. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushFeb 15, 2018
Season 1 Review: You'd think with all that scenically dizzying travel, the storytelling would be a little less inert. [19 Feb - 4 Mar 2018, p.15]
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