My Own Worst Enemy
NBC | Release Date: October 13, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
9
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: Far, far, far and away NBC's best new pilot of the season and one of the best new shows of the season, on any network -- commercial or cable. Read full review
90
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: My Own Worst Enemy is by far the best drama of the fall season, a bold and brainy spy thriller that practices a sort of armed existentialism. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesAndrew Herrmann
Season 1 Review: If you can buy into the fantasy, Slater delivers on his part of the deal, playing both characters with just enough unique quirks so viewers can tell them apart. Usually. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: The action is pretty non-stop, the stars terrific and, if you're willing to do the work to follow the complicated plot, the show can be lots of fun. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: My Own Worst Enemy holds our interest despite its utter preposterousness because if there is anything Slater knows how to do, it's present a believable head case. Read full review
70
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: Surprise! It’s not nearly as bad as I thought. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: My Own Worst Enemy sets up what could be an overly complicated premise and miraculously makes it all seem perfectly acceptable and clear by the end of the first hour. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Worst Enemy has a convoluted premise that is cleverly wrought and holds up well, and Mr. Slater does a remarkable job of only subtly signaling each personality Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: [Christian] is in rare form here. Which is a good thing since the show's success or failure rests solely on his dramatic agility and general appeal. Read full review
70
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: While you do have to wonder where the show will go from here, since it has the plot of a two-hour movie, not a 20-hour series, it has the benefit of being far more original and unpredictable than 90 percent of the new shows to hit the airwaves this fall. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: The show’s biotechnological twist on the double life of spies--or any superhero/alter ego construct--certainly satisfies the popcorn-thriller needs of My Own Worst Enemy, but I wasn’t expecting it to be as thematically resonant as it was. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)John Leonard
Season 1 Review: Slater, whose career has gone pretty much downhill since "Heathers" (1989) and "Pump Up the Volume" (1990), is surprisingly perfect as both of them, adjusting not much more than the brow of an eye, the curl of a lip, and the hiss of a sibilant to indicate the seismic shift from James Bond to Willy Loman. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: The first episode of Enemy ended up being a relatively compelling hour of television. As competent as it is, though, it’s hard not to think that the premise contains some holes. Read full review
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