Rose Red

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 27, 2002
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11

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  1. Neflite
    May 10, 2015
    1
    Beyond horrible.

    I have seen a lot of bad movies and series in my day but this one takes the cake. Drawn out story, shallow characters, senseless plot and absolutely no payoff. Four hours that you will never get back. If you want to watch a King mini-series watch "The Langoliers" instead. That also has its flaws but is a masterpiece in comparison. Save yourself. Do not watch    Beyond horrible.

    I have seen a lot of bad movies and series in my day but this one takes the cake.

    Drawn out story, shallow characters, senseless plot and absolutely no payoff.

    Four hours that you will never get back. If you want to watch a King mini-series watch "The Langoliers" instead. That also has its flaws but is a masterpiece in comparison.

    Save yourself. Do not watch this under any circumstances.    … Expand

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#22 Best TV Season of 2002
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Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 21
  3. Negative: 8 out of 21
  1. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: Rob Lowman
    May 12, 2021
    50
    But the payoff is too long in coming. Much of the third night involves - what else? - wandering around the ever-growing mansion. You get the feeling the characters are biding their time between commercials. King should have been advised to cut the miniseries by a night. Instead, watching "Rose Red" is like hanging out in a Halloween haunted house too long. After a while, you know somebody - or something - is going to pop out to try and scare you. By then, though, you've reached your fright limit and you're just too numb to jump. [27 Jan 2002, p.L7]
  2. Dallas Morning News
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    May 12, 2021
    58
    It's not enough to justify a six-hour investment, but the climactic special effects at least are first-rate and fun to watch. "Rose Red" otherwise is just too hilarious at times. Not entirely horrid, it's way short on horror. For shame, Stephen King. Larry King is sometimes scarier than this. [27 Jan 2002]
  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Liz Matson
    May 12, 2021
    50
    Two nights might have worked better for this series, but if noises at night make you jump, "Stephen King's Rose Red" will give you a decent dose of the heebie-jeebies. [27 Jan 2002]
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