StartUp
CRACKLE | Release Date: September 6, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneySep 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: Despite strong work by its actors, StartUp is just another exploration of underground crime and shady dealings that we’ve seen a thousand times before on film and television. Read full review
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The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 6, 2016
Season 1 Review: StartUp is trying to meld the high-finance sheen of series like “Billions” with the gee-whiz digital jargon of, say, “Scorpion,” but it never seems innovative, only imitative. The casting, however, is refreshing, even if the plot strains credulity. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandAug 29, 2016
Season 1 Review: The show’s sex and violence propel the story, but not quite to the speed necessary to occlude its problems. If you work extra hard to suspend disbelief, it’s modestly entertaining. Read full review
40
Yahoo TVKen TuckerSep 6, 2016
Season 1 Review: Nick, Ronald and Izzy--she’s the real brains behind GenCoin, although she’s poor and working out of her parents’ garage--are a highly unlikely collaborative trio. I didn’t buy their unity for a second. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeIsaac Feldberg Sep 6, 2016
Season 1 Review: StartUp takes its three leads--along with Martin Freeman’s morally compromised FBI agent, whose hunt for the missing money is fueled by personal greed more than professional determination--and strands them in a swamp of sweaty sex scenes (there are three in the first third of the premiere alone) and unnecessary, over-the-top action set-pieces. Read full review
40
VarietySonia SaraiyaSep 6, 2016
Season 1 Review: When Startup manages to leave its sex scenes behind and gets to creating storytelling around largely unexplored territory in the cinematic universe, it is its smartest and most compelling. ... Unfortunately, those moments of interest are sporadic. Startup otherwise meanders forward with all the grace of a sex-starved teenage boy, skidding from the exotic to the illicit. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergSep 6, 2016
Season 1 Review: [Creator Ben] Ketai can't figure out how to make action-free things like character development, backstory and setting flow within the storytelling, and even the action that felt like it came so naturally to Chosen doesn't flow here. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredJoseph FalconeSep 2, 2016
Season 1 Review: An overstuffed, haphazard plot, bland characters, and devoid of any semblance of originality. StartUp tries to build a claustrophobic, intricate concrete jungle for its all-too-real, close-to-home plot device to dwell. Read full review
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ColliderAllison KeeneSep 1, 2016
Season 1 Review: The 10-episode series--like The Art of More--unfolds at a sleepy pace, and only plays with style (like one particularly great unbroken shot in the first hour), without committing to it. Read full review
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