Strange Angel

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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Critic Reviews

  1. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Jun 12, 2018
    60
    The first three episodes of Strange Angel often feel a bit too much like a slow burn, waiting to get to the “good stuff.” Having said that, it’s a reasonably engaging slow burn.
  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Jun 15, 2018
    58
    Strange Angel could develop into an engrossing adventure of a man who couldn’t straddle the line between pushing the mind to its limits and pushing beyond its breaking point, but it’s too content early on to dwell on the mundane instead of truly embrace the strange.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jun 13, 2018
    50
    The upside of such a leisurely arc is that it allows for conversations into which exposition is less obviously inserted, and scenes have time to wander before getting to a point. The downside is that, spread across so many hours, the action tends to run in circles over the same ground.
  5. Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Reviewed by: Mark Dawidziak
    Jun 11, 2018
    50
    An ambitious but uneven show based on the colorful and controversial life of Jack Parsons.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Caroline Framke
    Jun 7, 2018
    50
    It’s hard to understand why Strange Angel needs to give Jack’s frustrations and pontificating about The Future so much time when there’s a much more interesting story waiting to be told elsewhere. It might be more true to life, but as long as the show is trying to mine that life for drama, it might as well cut to the chase.
  7. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jun 7, 2018
    45
    In its early going, Strange Angel just isn’t strange enough to warrant sustained viewer interest.

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User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. EludiumQ36
    Sep 8, 2018
    7
    This was a pretty decent season 1. There's an A-story and a B-story to follow. The A-story is about how a visionary (Jack Parsons) breaks theThis was a pretty decent season 1. There's an A-story and a B-story to follow. The A-story is about how a visionary (Jack Parsons) breaks the rules and conventions of the time - America, 1938 - to advance the science of rocketry - remember, it was all propeller aircraft at the time. So this is another study in perseverence and overcoming everyone throwing obstacles in your way. The B-story is where you find the soft "R" side of this series, the cult of the occult. Familiar with Alistair Crowley? The season finale only mildly set the stage for a season 2 and there's supposed to be five of 'em. Was season 1 good enough to interest me in a second one? I don't think so. There wasn't enough grab, enough of a hook. And most drama series dial it back in their second season, so they tend to be boring while they build back stories and other superfluous plotting we don't care about.… Full Review »
  2. Octomort
    Jul 19, 2018
    3
    I am of an older generation and use to a slow burner. However the fuse hasn't even been lit on this one! The writing is mediocre. The way theI am of an older generation and use to a slow burner. However the fuse hasn't even been lit on this one! The writing is mediocre. The way the science and research is treated is laughable. It may pass for young teens/ preadolescence but the series is aimed at older audience. None of the character have any...character!. It is a dull slog which portrays the GALCIT team as blue collar underdogs, when they were all from fairly well connected backgrounds, despite some problems with the depression. Tedious and below my threshold for suspension of disbelief yet another example of the artsy community having no real understanding of sciences and so not knowing how to portray them dynamically with depth. Do not waste your time.… Full Review »
  3. ShawnDavidAllen
    Aug 3, 2018
    9
    This show is very interesting, while not at all a whiz-bang action show. The acting is very good and the writing is, perhaps, a bit tooThis show is very interesting, while not at all a whiz-bang action show. The acting is very good and the writing is, perhaps, a bit too polished. Still, I find myself coming back every week to see more.… Full Review »
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