Rosewood

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 23, 2015
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 23
  3. Negative: 12 out of 23
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Critic Reviews

  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Sep 22, 2015
    37
    Dr. Beaumont Rosewood [is] a grating piece of work.
  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Sep 4, 2015
    37
    Morris Chestnut is pretty, and so is Miami, but this show wastes them both.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Margaret Lyons
    Sep 23, 2015
    30
    Rosewood is a snooze and a half. The dialogue is awful, the series largely humorless, and every move that happens in the pilot is something you've seen done better elsewhere.
  5. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 23, 2015
    30
    The show has a strong, likable cast--Mr. Chestnut, in particular, seems to be having fun--but when cliches pile up faster than clues, it’s time to change the channel.
  6. The Wrap
    Reviewed by: Mark Peikert
    Sep 23, 2015
    30
    At its worst, Rosewood plays like the kind of ridiculous, over-the-top drama with which a sitcom character becomes obsessed. At its best, it offers its audience the chance to feel smarter than its characters.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Sep 22, 2015
    30
    Other pilots this fall are worse, but few are more middling.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Sep 21, 2015
    30
    Chestnut does make for an attractive lead, but the series leaves him smartly dressed up (medical scrubs, apparently, don’t go with the billboards), with no place to go.
  9. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Tirdad Derakhshani
    Sep 21, 2015
    30
    A derivative procedural with uninteresting, annoying characters and boring plots, it has little to recommend, save for its glorious shots of Miami nightlife.
  10. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    Sep 23, 2015
    25
    Rosewood's pilot is stuffed with hackneyed setups, tedious exposition and character quirks galore.
  11. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 21, 2015
    25
    A crime-fighting Miami pathologist who likes to smirkily show up the cops with whom he works as unscientific dumbasses--sort of like Neil deGrasse Tyson with a badge, and in just as much need of having his eyeballs slapped out.
  12. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Chuck Bowen
    Sep 16, 2015
    25
    Rosewood is so generic it does a loop-de-loop all the way through inadvertent self-parody, landing back on mere mediocrity again.
  13. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Sep 16, 2015
    25
    There’s hardly a crack in his veneer or any ironic punch line to his act--we’re just meant to accept him as the coolest man in Miami. As such, he’s just another dull, pretty detective who solves his cases too quickly.

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User Score
4.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 68 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 68
  3. Negative: 27 out of 68
  1. cafelatte
    Feb 2, 2016
    10
    Love this show! I don't care what others say I find it entertaining and the crimes riveting, they're not as obvious as other crime dramas inLove this show! I don't care what others say I find it entertaining and the crimes riveting, they're not as obvious as other crime dramas in the whodunit stakes. Refreshing!… Full Review »
  2. imacog
    Dec 3, 2015
    8
    When I watched the 1st couple of episodes my reaction was eh. However, as I continued to watch I realized the show is not meant to be grittyWhen I watched the 1st couple of episodes my reaction was eh. However, as I continued to watch I realized the show is not meant to be gritty or overly intense. Its a cross between Moonlighting, House, and Bones. I also like it for reasons that may make others uncomfortable ... that being, it places black characters outside of the Rapper/Drug Dealer/Athlete box that has become commonplace in movies and television. Consequently, I enjoy watching an upbeat positive show with a talented and integrated cast that recognizes a black man (or anyone else for that matter) can be as smart as Sherlock Holmes :-)… Full Review »
  3. jeremyp
    Sep 24, 2015
    3
    Lasted 5 minutes. Our hero sees a body that's fallen from a building and without missing a beat tells us why he did it. He's smarter thanLasted 5 minutes. Our hero sees a body that's fallen from a building and without missing a beat tells us why he did it. He's smarter than Sherlock, and he's Black too! He rattles off medical terminology to make your head spin.… Full Review »
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