Moonlight

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Season 1
Metascore
38

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 24
  3. Negative: 11 out of 24
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Critic Reviews

  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    38
    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).
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    [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.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    30
    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.
  5. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    30
    It's hardly bloodcurdling adventure, but it doesn't bite.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Ginia Bellafante
    30
    In almost every way, Moonlight demands that we question the grounds for its existence.
  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    30
    Much of Moonlight is amateurish, but nothing is more amateurish than the artificial chemistry between O'Loughlin and Myles.
  8. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    30
    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.
  9. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    30
    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
  10. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    25
    This one is almost impressively wonderless.
  11. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    0
    It's just heinous. Absurd, laughable, painful to watch--you name it, Moonlight has it all.
  12. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    0
    This vampire detective show (sorry, can't resist this) is one that first bites, then sucks. Hard.

Awards & Rankings

83
#83 Best TV Season of 2007
1
#1 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
56
#56 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

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User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 557 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 502 out of 557
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 557
  3. Negative: 45 out of 557
  1. JuleG
    Jan 19, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. So I just stumbled upon this because Moonlight takes place 64. of highest use ratings and I had to laugh when I saw the critics score. But I understand it. I remember how I rolled my eyes because of the arrogant dude I saw in the trailer and I didn't watched the pilot (didn't like vampires anyway and the twilight books were just out and I was a "too cool" teen for stuff like that). Both of my parents watched it and one day I would join them at episode 10 (and again I rolled my eyes when the boyfriend of the female lead died so arrogant dude will get beautiful lady, so predictable). But what first really caught my attention was the chemistry between the two leads. I never really spend a second thought on "character chemistry" until those two caught me with it and I still never found a couple close to that. So I watched a bit more and then I watched it from the start and I got really really hooked. I never cared about a couple in a TV show as much as I cared about these two, who both turned out much more likeable then they first apprear. These critics are based on the pilot but Moonlight is a show that takes a bit of time to get into and it improves a lot. I don't know if I would have gotten into it if I wouldn't have started in the middle. It is far from perfect but it got a special kind of magic and it is still my favourite TV show of all time, despite the fact that I'm not into the topic or genre at all.… Full Review »
  2. heromoder
    Apr 27, 2015
    8
    Was surprised at how unpopular this show was... Alex O'Loughlin leads this crime procedural with aplomb, and the build up of tension betweenWas surprised at how unpopular this show was... Alex O'Loughlin leads this crime procedural with aplomb, and the build up of tension between Mick and Beth is more than palpable.… Full Review »
  3. cherimich
    Dec 20, 2010
    10
    There are some good lines and some cheesy ones, but the main thing that will make or break it for you is how you feel about Alex O'Loughlin.There are some good lines and some cheesy ones, but the main thing that will make or break it for you is how you feel about Alex O'Loughlin. Personally, I don't understand the bad reviews for his acting--what others call stiff, I'd call subtle, but whatever (I think Americans' taste is closer to Bollywood than the BBC). And he's gorgeous.… Full Review »
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