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Critic Reviews
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Prison Break has the dark social hierarchies of Oz and the clever inventions of Escape From Alcatraz.
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If the show can stay as gripping as its premiere... it will be a welcome new prime-time puzzle.
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As with "24," the whole enterprise, however action-packed, would fall flat if viewers didn't care about the characters, and "Prison Break" doesn't disappoint.
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Creator and writer Paul T. Scheuring offers this deal with viewers: Suspend credibility on a few key points and, in return, get a series that keeps you glued to the set for a full hour. My advice is to take the deal.
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One of the best new TV shows this season.
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Within the first 15 minutes, you realize you have jumped onto what could be one hell of a thrill ride.
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"Prison Break"... is more intriguing than most of the new network series, and it certainly is one of the most original.
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Like any over-the-top, conspiracy-laced concept, "Prison Break" will only work if viewers are giddily enticed to jump aboard the Willing Suspension of Disbelief Express.
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It's outlandish and contrived with story holes wide enough for a jackknifed 18-wheeler. But the two-hour pilot of Prison Break... is irresistible.
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The acting here is first rate -- not a bad apple in the whole rotten bunch.
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Like Lost, the show seems predicated on an unsustainable premise, but Prison Break is moving along more briskly.
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Prison Break may not hold up as a weekly series; it's much too soon to tell. But by and large it works as a two-hour premiere special, one that grabs your attention from its first scene to its startling cliffhanger ending.
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A riveting, suspenseful, briskly paced drama packed with intriguing performances.
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This could be a brisk and bruising weekly fix.
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A preposterous premise...only somewhat distracts from an agreeable escapism and first-rate performances by Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell.
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It's one tasty piece of lunacy.
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The best thing about "Prison Break" is that we've never seen anything like it before.
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What Prison Break lacks in plausibility--basically, everything--it makes up for in plotting, pacing and panache.
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Forget the preposterousness of the plot -- it's easy enough to do -- and enjoy the suspense, of which there's plenty.
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A lot about this series is frankly preposterous, but as pulp logic goes, Miller's bust-out plan is both ingenious and way cool.
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An entertaining big-narrative concept. [5 Sep 2005, p.41]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 688 out of 746
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Mixed: 27 out of 746
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Negative: 31 out of 746
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A.C.Nov 20, 2006
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Jun 14, 2012
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May 31, 2015