Spies of Warsaw
BBC America | BBC Four | Release Date: January 9, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushApr 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Throughout, Spies delivers the vicarious pleasures of old-fashioned spy movies with the bold contemporary frankness of the best of cable. Read full review
80
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinApr 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: Durst’s books all offer the same engaging elements that the BBC makes such excellent use of in this two-part miniseries: The claustrophobic lifeboat atmosphere of a society teetering toward its doom. Read full review
80
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniApr 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: Spies of Warsaw is a deeply romantic, intricately plotted, and well-structured character study. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandApr 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: Most of the performances are superb, beginning with Tennant, of course. He is so well cast and skilled that he's able to sustain credibility despite some of the gaps in the script. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydApr 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Director Coky Giedroyc leaves enough dramatic headroom that when forces draw together toward the end, with one last frontier to cross, he can deliver what feels like pulp-fiction thrills without getting loud or fancy. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyApr 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: It’s an enjoyable, straightforward espionage tale without a lot of twists or extra layers. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyApr 3, 2013
Season 1 Review: Spies of Warsaw starts off as a complex spy drama and feels like it finishes as a less complex romance drama. Read full review
50
RedEyeCurt WagnerApr 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: Despite its historic gravitas and scrupulous attention to period detail, Spies of Warsaw never really ignites. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertApr 2, 2013
Season 1 Review: The story wanders slowly and aimlessly when it should be tumbling toward a climax. It’s a ride on flat terrain. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryMar 25, 2013
Season 1 Review: The cloak-and-dagger stuff, however, proves terribly mild, and the romance stiff and hackneyed. Read full review
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