Quarry
Cinemax | Release Date: September 9, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Washington PostHank StueverSep 8, 2016
Season 1 Review: Quarry’s knack for conveying moral ambiguity and its mastery of setting reminds me of another very good show that took forever to catch on; it was about a cancer-stricken chemistry teacher in Albuquerque who started cooking meth to make money. Read full review
90
Yahoo TVKen TuckerSep 8, 2016
Season 1 Review: Quarry is a startlingly good, absorbing new show to sink down into, deeply. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubLes ChappellSep 9, 2016
Season 1 Review: There’s a lot of raw material for Quarry to draw from. Mixing Rectify patience with Banshee action is a tall order for any program, and while Quarry isn’t there yet, it gives the feeling that it won’t take too long to reach that point. Read full review
83
HitfixAlan SepinwallSep 8, 2016
Season 1 Review: Whether you fall in love with the Conways or not, Quarry ends very well, and in a way that leaves me hoping it can one day offer its own equivalent of that classic fourth season of Boardwalk Empire. Read full review
80
Reason.comGlenn GarvinSep 11, 2016
Season 1 Review: An oddly absorbing new Cinemax series about alienation, amorality and blowing people's heads off, not necessarily in that order. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergSep 8, 2016
Season 1 Review: If the main character at the center of Quarry is familiar and one prone to viewer fatigue, Quarry works because so much of the rest of the show around Mac is so rich. Read full review
80
ColliderAllison KeeneSep 2, 2016
Season 1 Review: Mac’s complicated past and present leave him haunted and restless, and Marshall-Green has a low-key charisma that fits Mac’s sensibilities perfectly as a flawed anti-hero that’s worth rooting for in a story that’s instantly engaging. One of the most promis[ing] series of the Fall season. Read full review
75
IndieWireBen TraversSep 8, 2016
Season 1 Review: All together, Quarry feels like it would be a solid ensemble series if it chose to be, but even then Mac would feel like the weak link. As a lead, he’s a nearly fatal flaw. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernSep 6, 2016
Season 1 Review: Shows like this only click when you're having some nasty fun, and fortunately we get some from Peter Mullan as a gentlemanly baddie and The Leftovers' great Ann Dowd as a gay gangster's mama. [9 Sep 2016, p.55]
70
Los Angeles TimesMeredith BlakeSep 9, 2016
Season 1 Review: Some viewers may find Quarry’s atmosphere oppressive and unrelenting, like Memphis in August, and a few more moments of levity would be welcome, but just as many are likely to be seduced. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushSep 2, 2016
Season 1 Review: [A] compellingly extreme thriller. [5-18 Sep 2016, p.23]
60
The New York TimesMike HaleSep 8, 2016
Season 1 Review: It takes a while for Quarry to get started, and even when it does, you’re more likely to enjoy the bar-band music and admire the director Greg Yaitanes’s artfully composed Southern landscapes than to care much about why the people onscreen are so anguished and violent. Read full review
50
VarietyMaureen RyanSep 8, 2016
Season 1 Review: While the show creates a distinctive setting and has a few characters worth meeting, Quarry never quite makes the case for why viewers should care about the sullen Mac’s increasingly desperate plight. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenSep 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: There's no true sensibility governing Quarry; it's all signifiers and callbacks, whether inadvertent or purposeful, to more idiosyncratic shows and films. The series revels in a blandly familiar fugue state. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzSep 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: The show strikes a particular note with great variety, but there are 87 other notes on a keyboard and you start to miss hearing them. Read full review
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