Rubicon
AMC | Release Date: August 1, 2010
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: It's harder to tell from this preview whether the atmospherics add up to a solid and complex mystery. The pilot isn't groundbreaking, but it is promising enough to justify waiting for the full two-hour premiere on Aug. 1. Read full review
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Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: AMC's likely earned a little rope with a small but passionate audience. Whether Rubicon manages to establish more than an edgy mood will probably decide how long even the most masochistic of those viewers sticks around. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Rubicon dares to be smart but, as conventional thrillers go, it's not very thrilling. Read full review
50
Deseret NewsScott D. Pierce
Season 1 Review: It's certainly intriguing. It sets a mood that we rarely see in a weekly TV series. Whether it can sustain that mood and keep people interested is the huge task Bromell & Co. have undertaken. Maybe too huge a task. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: As it wrestles with Big Moral Questions, Rubicon is unquestionably smart but undeniably sluggish. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: To the extent style points count, Rubicon looks good and boasts a fine cast, including Oscar nominee Miranda Richardson. They work hard, but the more they and their show strain for taut, the more limp the program becomes. And for viewers, that's a very hard bridge to cross. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith
Season 1 Review: It seems determined to eschew high style in favor of a flat, dark world that's appropriately grim yet also numbingly static. Read full review
42
Boston HeraldMark A. Perigard
Season 1 Review: It's a dull blend, a slow-moving mind-rot creeping on unsuspecting viewers. Read full review
40
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: In the early going, it's tough to tell what, if anything, motivates the main character in Rubicon. There may be fine rewards as the journey progresses, but it will take a special sort of viewer to stick with Rubicon's amblings and get to them. Read full review
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