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Positive:
6
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews
TV Guide MagazineApr 27, 2020
Season 1 Review:
This sprawling canvas, with its Chinatown vibes and snarling cartoon villains, hardly needs Magda and her doppelgangers' obvious supernatural tricks to muddy the waters. [27 Apr - 10 May 2020, p. 10]
Apr 24, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Even with Logan writing every episode, it's hard to exactly put a finger on what Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is or what it's trying to generate from viewers. It's definitely not scary or disturbing. It's not especially mysterious. ... There's a lot of very good acting. Dormer, playing at least four or five different variations on Magda, is a clear standout. ... What Penny Dreadful: City of Angels ends up feeling like is a thinner extension of the recent run of alt-histories like Plot Against America, Man in the High Castle and Hunters.
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Apr 20, 2020
Season 1 Review:
City feels more pretty than essential. [Apr 2020, p.89]
The TelegraphJul 2, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Nathan Lane adds a bit of zing as Vega’s partner, an old hand with a big heart. But Dormer’s Magda should rule proceedings as an agent of chaos, whispering evil into the ears of men. Instead, she’s underpowered. A show like this needs to commit either to being a horror or a riot, and it does neither.
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ColliderApr 24, 2020
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