Mob City

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Season 1
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 4, 2013
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 71 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 71
  3. Negative: 5 out of 71
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  1. LAHistoryBuff
    Jan 23, 2014
    6
    One disappointment is the failure of the actors to adequately portray characters of historic figures. Although fictionalized, fans of the period are missing some of what made the story more interesting in real life. In Mob City, Mickey Cohen comes off like a wide-eyed clown, which he definitely was not. Chief Bill Parker had a famously distinctive, clipped, unsmiling and irritatedOne disappointment is the failure of the actors to adequately portray characters of historic figures. Although fictionalized, fans of the period are missing some of what made the story more interesting in real life. In Mob City, Mickey Cohen comes off like a wide-eyed clown, which he definitely was not. Chief Bill Parker had a famously distinctive, clipped, unsmiling and irritated personality. Neal McDonough misses this completely (Nick Nolte's portrayal of Parker in Gangster Squad also missed the mark). These characters, if played correctly, would lend more texture and purpose to the plot.… Expand

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#70 Most Discussed TV Season of 2013

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Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 34
  3. Negative: 3 out of 34
  1. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Vicki Hyman
    Feb 13, 2014
    67
    Sometimes it seems that Darabont is more in thrall to the rise of the West Coast mob than to the story he's allegedly trying to tell.
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  2. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Dec 10, 2013
    63
    Holliday Grainger is an excellent Bonnie.... Emile Hirsch, a very good actor, plays Clyde as a passive nonentity.... Bonnie and Clyde seem as remote and illogical as another notorious couple of the era, Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor. [16 Dec 2013]
  3. Sioux City Journal
    Reviewed by: Bruce Miller
    Dec 9, 2013
    80
    The new TNT miniseries (it's on just three weeks in December) has plenty of in-your-face drama and heaps of atmosphere.
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