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Critic Reviews
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The balancing act of working mom and psychic for hire, trying to be normal when you're not, is more interesting than the crime-solving. But how long can that be sustained? It's possible, in fact, that Medium would have worked better as a movie than as a series. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It has a disappointing lack of suspense. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Though the tragic-comedy tone is intriguing if a little askew in the pilot, the bigger problem looming ahead is the show's static formula. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The real problem for "Medium" is that the whole thing plays much creepier than necessary. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
As a crime drama, "Medium" has a long way to go to match the dramatic propulsion and seductive intricacy of the likes of "Without a Trace." The storytelling is flat, even predictable, whether you're psychic or not. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The Medium pilot isn't as consistently stylish as Mr. Caron's other work, and some of the action strains credibility in scenes that have nothing to do with the supernatural. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Within the context of an overly familiar, murder-saturated genre, talented "Medium" creator Glenn Gordon Caron ("Moonlighting") manages to find some emotionally rich variations on the formula, assisted by Patricia Arquette's appealing performance as a suburban, crime-solving mom who sees dead people. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The best that can be said about "Medium" is that it has a little more pep than similar shows and a sense of humor. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It is, to be fair, watchable enough, if watched uncritically, and not without flashes of high craft; art and inspiration are a little beyond its grasp. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
There's a good cast at work here - but after previewing two episodes, "Medium" seems anything but well-done. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It never rises above the mediocre level, although it certainly sinks below it occasionally. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
We expect sharp writing from Caron. "Medium" is almost too glib at times. What makes the suspension of disbelief easy is the casting. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
NBC's arresting Medium, debuting Monday, exploits a creepy premise for a few good shocks. What's more surprising is that the drama excels at tongue-in-cheek humor. [2 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It's an intriguing drama with an enjoyably creepy vibe. [2 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The script often just doesn't make sense. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Now, whether or not you believe in all this stuff is unimportant. "Medium," as a TV series, just isn't very good. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Dull. Not terrible, but dull. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Medium is well-made, slick and, at times, achieves a sense of the macabre. [4 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Medium doesn't get much help from Arquette, who gives one of the season's stranger and more off-putting performances. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Unfortunately, Allison is such a passive heroine that it's hard to get too involved with her, and Arquette doesn't bring much life to the role. Moreover, the episodes made available are virtually devoid of supporting players or any workplace tension to augment her relatively staid (by TV standards, anyway) home life. [3 Jan 2005]
Jul 16, 2013
Season 1 Review:
You may groan at the premise -- a young woman helps the police solve crimes through use of her psychic intuition -- but it's brought off with so much storytelling skill and so few voguish gimmicks that it might as well be the first show of its kind. [3 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
'Medium' is manipulative filmmaking, but it works. [2 Jan 2005]
Season 5 Review:
In an episode like next week's, in which Allison spots the ghost of a recently deceased man watching a murder, the twistiness works; in one like tonight's, featuring a complicated web of affairs, betrayals and possible reincarnations, things become so tangled that the story and Arquette can't keep up.
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