Revolution
NBC | Release Date: September 17, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
18
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardSep 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: The pilot, directed by co--executive producer Jon Favreau ("Iron Man"), poses numerous questions, and to the credit of everyone involved, delivers some surprising payoffs that other shows would hold for weeks, if not seasons. Read full review
83
Uncle BarkyEd BarkSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Revolution, which has the overall look and feel of a big budget feature, delivers some consistently terrific action scenes. Read full review
80
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinSep 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: Revolution is big, bold and brassy adventure, a cowboys-and-Indians story for end times. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzSep 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: If the quality of this one, so irresistible in its vitality and suspense, does fail to hold up, its creators will have delivered, at the least, one remarkably fine hour. Read full review
80
Washington PostHank StueverSep 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: The mind reels with possibility, and even hope, which is why we keep coming back to stories like these. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda StasiSep 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: If you loved Spielberg's "Terra Nova," you'll love Revolution. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonSep 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's worth giving Revolution a shot for its surprising imagery (wait till you see what's become of the Gateway Arch in an early scene), strong adult characters and fascinating possibilities. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Yes, Revolution is a good adventure yarn, but the other reason we're likely to watch future episodes is that it grounds the action in thought-provoking themes. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleySep 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: Ambitious setups like this don't always hold up, but Revolution has the potential to be a more disciplined "Lost"--not necessarily more plausible but with any luck less preposterous and pretentious. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenSep 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: The pilot is a pretty solid hour of television, setting up the show's premise and in several instances defying TV norms with plot twists viewers won't see coming. Read full review
70
Denver PostJoanne OstrowSep 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: If you like dark action-adventure with a deep mythology, you may enjoy this suspenseful hour, intended to perplex as it entertains. For some viewers, however, the questions will get in the way. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Does that make sense? If not, well, Revolution doesn't make a lot of sense, but it's a lot of fun. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoSep 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: The less you think about Revolution the more apt you are to like it. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklSep 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's already clear, however, that the writing can be a bit corny, the action sequences a tad ridiculous and the plot prone to nit-picking. Read full review
63
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesChuck BarneySep 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: You get sort of an odd, been-there-done-that feeling when watching the pilot, which contains, to varying degrees, traces of "The Hunger Games," "The Walking Dead," "FlashForward," "Jericho," "Lost" (Elizabeth Mitchell is in the cast) and other dystopian fare. Read full review
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