Mr. Robot

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Season 1
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
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8.7

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  1. MichaelGH
    Jun 21, 2016
    4
    The show started out with good acting and a strong story. After that the story goes downhill and plotholes appear. It can still be entertaining to watch, but I just found the plot to be too unbelievable and frankly a bit naïve.
  2. AxeT
    Aug 31, 2015
    5
    A derivative save the world scenario is slightly saved by psychological thriller here, but only slightly since this show seems to have been created and written by naive millennial types who don't really understand the world. The reason it's popular is probably because of its tone which is effective, though blatant ripoff (the score alone is a total knockoff of Fincher/Reznor), atA derivative save the world scenario is slightly saved by psychological thriller here, but only slightly since this show seems to have been created and written by naive millennial types who don't really understand the world. The reason it's popular is probably because of its tone which is effective, though blatant ripoff (the score alone is a total knockoff of Fincher/Reznor), at masquerading an outlandish story with over-the-top stereotype figures and entities that wouldn't pass muster with the comic book crowd much less serious drama. Evil Corp.? Is it a farce or to be taken seriously?
    It can't be fully judged though since it constantly plays mind F games, and that aspect is actually great.
    Slater is okay, but he never came close to the status of now being able to pull off self caricature. The not so appealing lead is like a young Willem Dafoe meets a frog. Well maybe that's the point. Maybe that's the times. So is the f--- profanity laced in and then dropped out in sound editing. You know what adolescents who think you're so clever? We don't need that, it actually takes you out of the story more because of the obvious non-diagetic disruption in dialogue. And what "most of us" by far do not need to see is graphic gay sex. You got a show made, congratulations. That doesn't mean you should then go pushing your depravity on the culture just because so many of you are drawn into that business and gain power.    … Expand
  3. JennetP
    Jul 25, 2015
    6
    Had I written this review after seeing just the pilot, I probably would have given "Mr. Robot" a 9. Five episodes in, my interest is waning fast. I like the premise of the underground hacker collective waging a guerrilla cyber-war against corporate oppression. I do not so much like the black-and-white moral universe, where the corporation is utterly and diabolically evil, and the heroHad I written this review after seeing just the pilot, I probably would have given "Mr. Robot" a 9. Five episodes in, my interest is waning fast. I like the premise of the underground hacker collective waging a guerrilla cyber-war against corporate oppression. I do not so much like the black-and-white moral universe, where the corporation is utterly and diabolically evil, and the hero (though tragically damaged) is utterly and angelically good. And making revenge for a dead father the hero's primary motive, while it works in "Hamlet," seems a little sentimental (and unnecessary) here. I'll let more knowledgeable reviewers assess the show's take on hacker culture except to say that its way-off-the-mark depiction of drug addiction and lock-picking does not inspire confidence. Rami Malek is kind of mesmerizing, though.… Expand
  4. Superbuddha
    Jul 15, 2015
    4
    Mr Robot is a really cool show ! The acting is great, so is the cinematography, and moreover what makes it special is the writing:there are some really deep questions about big corps, SJWs, autism and of course nowadays digital world and social medias.
  5. Zatharel
    Sep 19, 2015
    6
    After the pilot, it just felt like one of those overrated TV shows that only have good reviews because of the character having social anxiety (Tumblr bait much?).
  6. JamesCannon
    Jun 25, 2015
    5
    Decent tech talk. though you can find most of this in any basic Network + textbook. It is also unapologetic-ally liberal to the point of nausea. Amoral greedy white capitalist leader (who hates women of course): check, cool city cat who fights against the machine: check. Homeless man who builds entire secret underground network with a couple of 486s in abandoned amusement park. It doesDecent tech talk. though you can find most of this in any basic Network + textbook. It is also unapologetic-ally liberal to the point of nausea. Amoral greedy white capitalist leader (who hates women of course): check, cool city cat who fights against the machine: check. Homeless man who builds entire secret underground network with a couple of 486s in abandoned amusement park. It does have some good commentary on the current social networking craze and the awkward sexual climate that has stemmed from the net...i will keep watching, but if continues to shove out the usual liberal platitudes, I am going to eventually turn away. Aren't there enough of these shows out there already.… Expand
  7. Qldgamer
    Jul 19, 2015
    4
    After starting off quite well the show is sliding into a boring predictable plot. The characters are becoming pretty one sided and dull as well.

    I would give this a miss.
  8. Raven25
    Jun 24, 2015
    5
    The writers clearly read Marx's Capital and a Linux handbook before they came up with this. Half the plot is an exposition of a critique of capitalism which is used as justification to destroy the banking system. This has already been done in Fight Club, it was just done better in Fight Club. The other half simply focuses on the means by which to accomplish the goal - hacking (rather thanThe writers clearly read Marx's Capital and a Linux handbook before they came up with this. Half the plot is an exposition of a critique of capitalism which is used as justification to destroy the banking system. This has already been done in Fight Club, it was just done better in Fight Club. The other half simply focuses on the means by which to accomplish the goal - hacking (rather than explosives). The series has so far been unoriginal because of this.

    The lead is a solid actor but his love interest is a caricature, and so is her boyfriend. The plot has been rather one dimensional - basically the main character falling through a rabbit hole into a new world. Nothing terrible about this but nothing original. Also - and perhaps this is the point the writers are making, the character used as the criticizer of society is no angel himself - he is a drug addicted, mentally ill womanizer who deems himself to be judge, jury and executioner of all injustice in the world. Perhaps people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

    The problem that the plot faces is the same problem that Fight Club faced and it is the fundamental problem with all Marxist rhetoric - what happens after the grand revolution and why is this brave new world better than the one in which we live? Why is it worth fighting for? Fight Club had a poor ending - a bunch of buildings falling down - probably a lot of people losing their jobs and their lives. Revolutions have inherently bloody characters and always end up with a new order that just oppresses different people in different ways (see: France; Russia). The writers are going on a Marxist and egalitarian crusade - they provide valid criticisms of society but offer little in the way of solutions. If the writers are going to improve the show over Fight Club, they should consider this.

    Overall, the show has thus far been unoriginal but decently executed.    … Expand
  9. Broyax
    Feb 17, 2019
    5
    Monsieur Robot est un hacker de génie, un peu anarchiste sur les bords, idéaliste et anti-système... surtout anti-E, "E" la méga-corporation intrusive et reine du Monopoly qui espionne, contrôle tout et magouille à tout va bien entendu : une sorte de concentré des "GAFA" actuels, affectueusement surnommée "E(vil)" par Monsieur Robot et sa joyeuse équipe...

    Alors, ils vont hacker la Evil    Monsieur Robot est un hacker de génie, un peu anarchiste sur les bords, idéaliste et anti-système... surtout anti-E, "E" la méga-corporation intrusive et reine du Monopoly qui espionne, contrôle tout et magouille à tout va bien entendu : une sorte de concentré des "GAFA" actuels, affectueusement surnommée "E(vil)" par Monsieur Robot et sa joyeuse équipe...

    Alors, ils vont hacker la Evil Corp pour un monde meilleur et liiibre... oui, il y a un peu de SJW là-dedans. Mais aussi la diversité du vivre ensemble et la valse et la foire aux clichés. Car si la série semble plus ou moins vraisemblable, elle s'écarte bien trop souvent d'un quelconque réalisme. En tout cas, c'est clairement divertissant, à la manière des jeux Watch Dogs par exemple.

    Mais si c'est divertissant et parfois carrément drôle, c'est surtout parce que Monsieur Robot n'a plus toutes les lumières allumées là-haut... il est complètement cinglé. Et ça, la série nous l'explique au fur et à mesure et au fil des saisons jusqu'à atteindre un paroxysme à la moitié de la saison 3. Plus que le hacking, "Mr. Robot" est en effet une série sur la maladie mentale !

    Et ce n'est pas que lui (excellemment incarné par Rami Malek), c'est aussi la majorité des personnages tous aussi tarés les uns que les autres... une galerie de fous et un asile à ciel ouvert en somme. Si ces excès sont plaisants, ils deviennent néanmoins fatigants à force de répétition et ne servent par vraiment l'intrigue principale. Les personnages de Wellick (le Suédois dépressif) ou de la blondinette aux yeux globuleux par exemple ne servent en fait... à rien ou presque. Et sont incohérents dans leurs comportements ou leur motivations.

    Oui, on sait qu'ils sont dingues d'accord, mais tout de même ! on pourrait se passer d'eux aisément et on sent bien qu'ils ne sont que des bouche-trous en définitive. Par ailleurs, le grand complot international et délirant est surtout trop délirant pour qu'on y croit un peu plus que ça... c'est simplet, caricatural et symptomatique d'une paranoïa typiquement américaine (non, c'est pas les Russes cette fois, c'est les Chinois !).

    En dépit de ses divagations et même de ses provocations (progressistes), en dépit de sa réalisation de plus en plus maniérée et malgré son essouflement regrettable lors de la seconde moitié de la troisième saison, la série parvient à nous surprendre et sait à peu près garder le rythme -à défaut de garder le cap.

    A l'issue de la troisième saison cependant, on se demande comment ils vont parvenir à conclure ce merdier (les scénaristes ou le scénariste en question) car ça part totalement en vrille. Le personnage "White Rose" est à l'image de la série finalement : dingue, machiavélique et signe d'un agenda vraiment douteux... et de mauvais goût. Heureusement, le petit hacker qui se hacke lui-même régulièrement reste à la fois drolatique et assez fascinant.    … Expand
  10. RichardGonci
    Jul 2, 2015
    6
    Now, this is a very engaging show, but as a director myself, I really wish that Rami Malek had more than two facial expressions to convey to the audience: bemused and more bemused. There are figures in Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London that would eclipse his "mask." Fortunately, the other actors actually have working facial muscles. I hope that Christian Slater will play an evenNow, this is a very engaging show, but as a director myself, I really wish that Rami Malek had more than two facial expressions to convey to the audience: bemused and more bemused. There are figures in Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London that would eclipse his "mask." Fortunately, the other actors actually have working facial muscles. I hope that Christian Slater will play an even greater role going forward, as he is a viable actor.… Expand
  11. leaveit
    Jan 7, 2016
    5
    It's essentially Fight Club but with cyber crimes instead of general terrorism. It is well-shot, but not as well-shot as Fight Club. Like Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, it features themes and philosophies from computing, but unlike Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, it fails to say anything original or interesting.

    Internet memes such as "Anonymous masks" are played    It's essentially Fight Club but with cyber crimes instead of general terrorism. It is well-shot, but not as well-shot as Fight Club. Like Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, it features themes and philosophies from computing, but unlike Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, it fails to say anything original or interesting.

    Internet memes such as "Anonymous masks" are played straight with no commentary or nuance of how an anarchist group came to adopt the visage of a Catholic fascist who actually failed his coup attempt. In reality it is because teenagers on **** saw the V for Vendetta film and thought it was rad (as I suspect show creator Sam Esmail did), whereas there is no reason for an anonymous hacker group in Mr. Robot to be wearing masks when they could just do voice-over (as Anonymous often have in reality).

    Technologically speaking, the material is less embarrassing than a 90s movie, but then again there is nearly no "hacking." Main character Elliot picks a bathroom door lock at one point, acting like this is some elite feat that we haven't all done at some point with a screwdriver. We are supposed to be impressed that a man in the running for CTO at a major corporation is familiar with Linux as though this is not commonplace for internal networking around the globe. While one would think that this is some kind of Chekov's Gun foreshadowing, this character goes on to do absolutely nothing in the show, before disappearing under mysterious circumstances. Scripts are presented as Python files - not exactly groundbreaking or world-shattering stuff outside of elementary school. At one point, a girl that works for a computer security firm asks unironically what a rootkit is. Still, the fact that the hackers don't hook up to their computers with a Nintendo Power Glove is a slight step forward (though self-aware) in entertainment's portrayal of computers.

    The majority of screen time is spent on plodding character development that goes nowhere, Elliot's psychoses, or rephrasing passages from Fight Club, instead of hacking, however. This footage ranges from bearable to ignorable, and thus, combined with the above considerations, I am overall not terribly impressed with Mr. Robot. It is still better than most schlock on TV, however, so take this review as you will. If you are interested in anti-corporate media, try Fight Club; if you are interested in a high-tech computer security scenario, try Ghost in the Shell or its TV series, Stand Alone Complex. If you've already seen those: nothing to see here, move along.    … Expand
  12. dierregi
    Oct 7, 2016
    4
    I am on episode 5 of the first series and I still have to "warm up". I agree Elliot, the main character, is interesting and Rami Malek is compelling, but a strong performance does not make a great series. Not even Bryan Cranston could have pulled Breaking Bad for 5 seasons without a great script and cast.

    Here the plot is confused to put it mildly, supporting characters are weak or    I am on episode 5 of the first series and I still have to "warm up". I agree Elliot, the main character, is interesting and Rami Malek is compelling, but a strong performance does not make a great series. Not even Bryan Cranston could have pulled Breaking Bad for 5 seasons without a great script and cast.

    Here the plot is confused to put it mildly, supporting characters are weak or cliches (or both) and the show tries much too hard to be politically correct (a female Muslim hacker? Seriously?). Not to mention way too much computer jargon. Makes me feel like I need a master in IT before I am allowed to continue watching...    … Expand
  13. mrffant
    Sep 4, 2016
    6
    Character/narrator with identical characteristics of Fight Club mixed with the stares of Dr House. I was not surprised with the shortage technical about the main theme, perhaps that's what frustrated people in the area (it's for all target audience, more details could lead them to boredom). Overall it is a show ok to me and may not create expectations cause of the golden globe.
  14. tasmaniandevil
    Mar 6, 2018
    5
    This show just didn't click with me. I feel a little unfair because I appreciate the effort the show makes. It addresses interesting topics and has a cast of well-rounded characters. For me, it felt a bit overly dramatized and I don't think the antagonists were written well enough because I didn't really feel that invested in them, neither in a positive nor negative way.
  15. mihaiteodor97
    Sep 3, 2018
    5
    I'll forever have a deep disgust to the type of media which is used as a soapbox for the creator to voice his opinion, more than often by talking down to the audience,
    What's Mr Robot about? I couldn't tell. I can tell, instead, that Sam Esmail really loves movies and pop culture, especially Back to the Future II (don't worry if you forget, you'll be remained of this for three seasons so    I'll forever have a deep disgust to the type of media which is used as a soapbox for the creator to voice his opinion, more than often by talking down to the audience,
    What's Mr Robot about? I couldn't tell. I can tell, instead, that Sam Esmail really loves movies and pop culture, especially Back to the Future II (don't worry if you forget, you'll be remained of this for three seasons so far) hates piracy, really hates Trump, religion, The Martian, and phonies in general.
    The show is supposed to have been planned with an ending in mind, but I bet it was planned ahead just as much as Lost or the new Star Wars trilogy.
    Oh, and I also can compile a mixtape of Esmail's favorite music if I want to. Still don't know what the show is about. If I could summaries it in one scene, it would be one of the million scenes of someone knocking on a door for a very long time.
    Mr Cliffhanger, or how to jerk around the audience for three years with the promise that all will make sense. Now that's an appropriate title, much better than Mr Robot.    … Expand

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#31 Best TV Season of 2015
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#8 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015
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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Will Ashton
    Oct 12, 2017
    80
    Mr. Robot season 3 is quick to prove its building excellence. It’s apparent that Esmail learned from the mistakes he made in his strong, if frankly overloaded, second season, and that he understands what it is that drew fans into his show in the first place.
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  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jul 23, 2015
    90
    The summer's most wildly original new series. [27 Jul - 9 Aug 2015, p.12]
  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Jun 24, 2015
    83
    Elliot's (Rami Malek) haunted eyes and black hoodies, coupled with a blunt, abrasive take on humankind, propel Mr. Robot through a world of deep discontent and covert villainy.
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