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Revenge might sound enjoyably soapy in the abstract, but its execution is problematic.
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Way over the top but potentially a guilty pleasure for those with the time to pursue it.
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The show is asking viewers, then, to invest some time and not expect a clean resolution of some black-and-white drama each week. That's a gamble and a risk. Revenge seems confident it can be taken and won.
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If Revenge can curb its more outlandish tendencies, this soap could become a welcome guilty pleasure.
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Even if there are traces of "Desperate Housewives" in "Revenge's" DNA, ABC's latest serial feels oh-so-last decade, which, particularly in the Hamptons, is about as thematically stylish as wearing white after Labor Day.
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There are guilty pleasures and then there are ones for which you just feel guilty about sacrificing your valuable time. Revenge is the latter.
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Sometimes you just want a single serving, with the table cleared by episode's end. This one keeps passing its spinning plates while re-stating the obvious.
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It seems like it could be a fun, if cheesy, soap opera about skulduggery and backstabbing in high society. But Revenge makes the fatal mistakes of wanting to be taken seriously and yet not making its characters worthy of any kind of serious consideration.
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As is often the case with melodrama, I find Revenge essentially unconvincing and also quite likable.
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The story is silly, but not trashy enough to make it your latest guilty pleasure.
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Some are embracing this as a juicy guilty pleasure, a return to Dynasty times by way of The Count of Monte Cristo. I found it all a bit predictable and thick, like I was choking on Crisco.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 280 out of 334
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Mixed: 36 out of 334
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Negative: 18 out of 334
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Nov 15, 2011
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Sep 29, 2011
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Sep 22, 2011