Moby Dick
Encore | Release Date: August 2, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf SmithAug 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: The glory of this particular adaptation, intentional or not, is that what we bring to it with today's sensibilities can actually enhance the experience. Read full review
80
Washington PostHank StueverAug 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: A lavish, exciting, well-acted and admirably thorough movie adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 classic. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda StasiAug 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: Dopey? Yes. But the action scenes are terrifically exciting and very well done, and Hawke does his damndest to survive the overacting of Hurt and the underacting of Cox, who is so wooden he should be the one hobbling around on that wooden stump. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyAug 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: For all its flights of fancy the Encore mini-series is not entirely silly or even half bad. Shot mostly in Nova Scotia, it's an ambitious, beautifully made adventure tale that seeks to be respectful of the book while still making the characters and story accessible to modern viewers. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyAug 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: The action will hold your attention, though Moby Dick is really more a drama of character and flaws and faith. At times, in fact, it lapses into melodrama. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardAug 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: Call me bored. Encore's adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, the cable network's first original miniseries, is about as thrilling as a three-hour tour of Boston Harbor while blindfolded on a sweltering summer day. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydAug 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: The film aims for a dry authenticity that only fractionally reflects the big, wild volume on which it's based, cutting away nearly all of its poetry and most of its madness. Read full review
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