Moonlight
CBS | The CW | Release Date: September 28, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
11
Negative:
11
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New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Moonlight, unfortunately, doesn't trust its audience and so falls to exposition via a fake talk-show interview at the beginning, and then throughout with dialogue dully delivered by Internet investigative reporter Beth Turner (Sophia Myles). Read full review
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VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: [Mick and Beth's] across-the-decades bond, however, doesn't compensate for how pedestrian the initial story is -- playing like a conventional detective show, with Mick showcasing his otherworldly powers (strong, and very, very fast) only during a passable action sequence in the final act. Read full review
30
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: The direction is flat-out awful (there are many choppy shots from bizarre, if not inexplicable, angles). Much of the dialogue is groan-inducing, the acting by some of the guest actors is jaw-droppingly wooden, and I guessed who the villain was way before the halfway mark. Read full review
30
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: It's hardly bloodcurdling adventure, but it doesn't bite. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: In almost every way, Moonlight demands that we question the grounds for its existence. Read full review
30
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Much of Moonlight is amateurish, but nothing is more amateurish than the artificial chemistry between O'Loughlin and Myles. Read full review
30
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: I don't know exactly why Moonlight, which acquired "Veronica Mars'" adorable bad boy, Jason Dohring, as a second-round draft pick, seems so very lifeless. Read full review
30
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: The hacky writing is interchangeable with any of CBS' police procedurals, and the boy-band good looks of Alex O'Loughlin as the detective, Mick St. John, inspire neither fear nor dark sexual longings Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: This one is almost impressively wonderless. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: It's just heinous. Absurd, laughable, painful to watch--you name it, Moonlight has it all. Read full review
0
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: This vampire detective show (sorry, can't resist this) is one that first bites, then sucks. Hard. Read full review
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