Prime Suspect
NBC | Release Date: September 22, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanSep 23, 2011
Season 1 Review: You should at the very least check out Bello, who does fine work here. Read full review
60
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GraySep 22, 2011
Season 1 Review: It doesn't yet feel like just another cop show. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleySep 21, 2011
Season 1 Review: If you're looking for subtle, Prime Suspect will not become your appointment television. On the other hand, if you're looking for an intense police drama that suggests women face brutal obstacles in the police world, Maria Bello's Jane Timoney keeps the pedal to that metal. Read full review
50
PopMattersLesley SmithSep 22, 2011
Season 1 Review: Parts of the show seem archaic, more Life on Mars than life in a 21st century police department. Other parts seem careless bricolage. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 22, 2011
Season 1 Review: The show has to get beyond plot predictability and one-dimensional characterization if it's going to survive. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert BiancoSep 22, 2011
Season 1 Review: Give Maria Bello credit, if you like, for having the courage to take on a character so indelibly linked to one of the great actors of our time, Helen Mirren--and then take it away for the ridiculously behatted mash she and the show have made of the character. Read full review
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