Painkiller Jane
SyFy | Release Date: April 13, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
10
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale
Season 1 Review: Moody and fast-paced, this is good, only minimally pretentious, sci-fi fun. Read full review
60
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: The effects-laden pilot of “Painkiller Jane” is certainly watchable. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: "Painkiller Jane" doesn't soar to the dramatic heights of "Battlestar," but it is a step above some of the network's other programs, a procedural thriller with a sense of humor and stylish action scenes. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyClark Collis
Season 1 Review: This creaky, cliché-strewn, and pretty cheap-looking sub-X-Files enterprise needs to drastically improve if it wants to become as death-proof as its lead character. [13 Apr 2007, p.69]
40
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: Think CSI or Cold Case with a bionic woman tossed into the mix. Read full review
30
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: No, they're not ripping off "Heroes" - "Jane" was there first - but looking at the two shows side by side demonstrates how much execution matters to even the most promising concept. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: [A] colorless angstfest. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
Season 1 Review: The stories are flat, and the repartee between Jane and her teammates isn’t zippy enough to amuse even the comic-book crowd. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: "Painkiller Jane" has been reincarnated as a far lamer show than it was on first view more than a year ago. Read full review
20
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: The series doesn't come close to capturing the edgy tone and visual style of the print original. Read full review
10
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: Not helping matters... are the wretched dialogue, indiscriminately moody lighting, stock characters (gruff boss, dweeby tech guy, ripped chauvinist colleague), and crushing lack of suspense. Read full review
10
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: The show's mired in stiff dialogue, clunky voiceover narration, uneven performances and indifferently staged action sequences. Read full review
10
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: The imaginations behind "Painkiller Jane" are so thin, and each hour's progression so randomly executed, that one imagines the scripts were written using the Mad Libs method. Read full review
0
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: What’s most mind-boggling about this show is how it manages to get every single thing wrong. Read full review
0
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: The show is long on concept and short on execution which would actually be OK if the writing and acting were not so simply terrible. Read full review
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