Snowfall

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Season 1
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 5, 2017
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 36
  3. Negative: 8 out of 36
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  1. Skeletor71
    Jul 6, 2017
    10
    How does this get low reviews from the critics? This just oozes coolness. I feel like riding around in GTA San Andreas listening to the oldies station. I'm not that deep into the story yet, but I'll definitely keep watching just for the atmosphere alone.
  2. LamontRaymond
    Jul 6, 2017
    8
    It's much better, more textured than the critics have lead us to believe, but mostly in the Saint storyline. The CIA angle needs to be much more fleshed out, and the Isreali distributor angle has promise. It almost feels like an amalgamation of Narcos and Boys N The Hood. The latter was excellent, but the former just went nowhere, so I'm hoping this gets better. The music is terrificIt's much better, more textured than the critics have lead us to believe, but mostly in the Saint storyline. The CIA angle needs to be much more fleshed out, and the Isreali distributor angle has promise. It almost feels like an amalgamation of Narcos and Boys N The Hood. The latter was excellent, but the former just went nowhere, so I'm hoping this gets better. The music is terrific in it, and most of the acting (save for the CIA agent dude) is also very good.… Expand
  3. bebebeelzebub
    Jul 21, 2017
    3
    What is with all these new shows making the same mistake. Too many storylines that I don't care about. Here you have (sorry don't know the names yet) , young african american male, CIA dude, Central American Contra guy, Mexicans, Israeli gang. Plus the hoards of secondary characters Just following two of these would have been plenty. Watched 3 episodes yet and they are getting slowerWhat is with all these new shows making the same mistake. Too many storylines that I don't care about. Here you have (sorry don't know the names yet) , young african american male, CIA dude, Central American Contra guy, Mexicans, Israeli gang. Plus the hoards of secondary characters Just following two of these would have been plenty. Watched 3 episodes yet and they are getting slower as they progress.… Expand
  4. TravisFinn
    Jul 20, 2017
    6
    What sucks about this show is that it spreads itself too thin. I don't care at all for Teddy's or Gustavo's plotlines. They're uninteresting characters, plain and simple. What's even worse is that these plots tear down a potential one; that being Franklin's, which should be the focal point of the entire show to be honest. However, instead the potential of his story is constantly boggedWhat sucks about this show is that it spreads itself too thin. I don't care at all for Teddy's or Gustavo's plotlines. They're uninteresting characters, plain and simple. What's even worse is that these plots tear down a potential one; that being Franklin's, which should be the focal point of the entire show to be honest. However, instead the potential of his story is constantly bogged down by the other character's days splitting into his own and not leaving enough time or momentum for a fully satisfying episode.… Expand
  5. Kwasie
    Jul 6, 2017
    9
    The show is stylish and already shows promise of some very interesting storylines. I love the fact that we are presented with three wildly different perspectives of the same issue (the burgeoning cocaine epidemic). It's early on, but I'm impressed with the writing, acting, and the overall feel of the show. John Singleton's influence is definitely felt; especially in the scenes andThe show is stylish and already shows promise of some very interesting storylines. I love the fact that we are presented with three wildly different perspectives of the same issue (the burgeoning cocaine epidemic). It's early on, but I'm impressed with the writing, acting, and the overall feel of the show. John Singleton's influence is definitely felt; especially in the scenes and atmosphere surrounding South Central L.A.… Expand
  6. dell221
    Jul 6, 2017
    10
    only see one ep and this show seems like a classic already. might even be better than power. love this show they gotta make a season 2. can't wait for the next season .
  7. DavidDaniel
    Dec 25, 2017
    4
    Snowfall is predictable and way too slow. The cast is solid. This music choices are pretty good as well, but that doesn't make up for the fact there is no reason to tune in next week.
  8. NeutralMilkH
    Jul 28, 2017
    2
    Sigh... the only saving grace in this show is the lead actor, and even he tends to let overacting do the work for him... This show is about real life events, yet I can't help but get the feeling that I really couldn't give a crap about the fact that this stuff happened. It's not the Malcolm X movie, it's not Selma, and it sure isn't American Crime Story... it's Snowfall, and SnowfallSigh... the only saving grace in this show is the lead actor, and even he tends to let overacting do the work for him... This show is about real life events, yet I can't help but get the feeling that I really couldn't give a crap about the fact that this stuff happened. It's not the Malcolm X movie, it's not Selma, and it sure isn't American Crime Story... it's Snowfall, and Snowfall sucks. The soundtrack itself is an indicator as to how generic and lazy the storytelling is. There's an amazing lack of focus, uneven characters and writing, the direction is essentially a lazy copy of the direction in Breaking Bad (another show that just so happens to be about cocaine), and I'm really upset over the fact that I wasted two hours (I watched three episodes) of my life trying to enjoy this piece of **** I'll be honest, this is a really generous rating, and it probably doesn't even deserve it. If you actually want to learn something important, watch a **** documentary, not this lame attempt to create 80's nostalgia. Final Score: 2/10… Expand
  9. SimboTheKing
    May 18, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think that snowfall is pretty good but it is very obvious where it draws its influences from. It sometimes feels like a **** 'the wire' with elements of many other crime shows such as 'Breaking Bad' etc.

    In certain episodes events are straight up just left out and it relies on exposition to explain the scenario (the plane crash for example).

    However, the finale kinda saves it as it very deftly and neatly ties together all of the characters and it has made me more excited to watch the next season than I initially was.    … Expand
  10. tomwatson
    Apr 14, 2021
    3
    if this is John Singletons best since Boys in the Hood, then everything else he produced must have been utter garbage. The more they try to convince you that the CIA is responsible for the crack epidemic the more you start to doubt that its true. Starts out good, by season 4 its drowning in victim-hood. Avoid or they`ll keep making this crap.

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#99 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017

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Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 38
  3. Negative: 1 out of 38
  1. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Jul 6, 2017
    70
    Created by John Singleton with Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, Snowfall is a good-looking production. It gets its music from turntables and boomboxes and it reminds us that South Central Los Angeles, for all its notoriety, has a lot of tree-lined streets and perfectly decent houses with front yards. It also reminds us that crack cocaine was not so much a brand new problem as the consequence of several larger and longer-simmering problems.
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  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jul 6, 2017
    50
    The show is engrossing and well acted. ... Yet little about this series feels fresh or urgently electrifying. [10-23 Jul 2017, p.13]
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Jul 6, 2017
    80
    The most striking thing about Snowfall, though, is that it never seems less exciting, less special, than when it’s doing the standard Scorsese/Tarantino thing and putting groups of treacherous men (and a few women) at cross purposes, then watching them threaten and bluff each other until the guns come out (or don’t).
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