The Andromeda Strain
A&E | Release Date: May 26, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
6
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: A&E's The Andromeda Strain is just a very expensive, very cheesy retread. Read full review
30
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: A hacky remake of a mediocre 1971 film of a pulp-science 1969 novel, this miniseries (it concludes Tuesday, if you must waste two nights of your life) is a poster child for generational decline: Whatever few IQ points were present in the original have long since leached away. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: It never grows quite suspenseful enough, and it rests on the rather un-sci-fi-ish idea that the future is a benign force, like a mentor uncle with something meaningful to teach us about our venality and callous disregard for the Earth. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesMisha Davenport
Season 1 Review: As each new element is added, explored and explained, the tension evident in the original novel gets watered down as we digest these other distractions. The result is completely devoid of any suspense. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: Return you must. Otherwise, you'll miss the full-on descent into pants-wetting, outrageous, sci-fi crackery that makes the final two hours fly by. Read full review
10
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith
Season 1 Review: If it's relevant and reflects the hip themes of today, perhaps nobody will notice wooden acting, ludicrous dialogue and a plot so convoluted that the whole enterprise has as much tension as a broken violin string. Read full review
10
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: Woo, dog, is this miniseries bad--quite possibly worse than "Tin Man." Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: So here it is, a two-part A&E miniseries that manages, despite a cast culled from some of the best shows on TV, to be both overwrought and dull, a veritable Frankenfilm of sci-fi thrillers, built of debris from sources including "Outbreak," "Sphere," "The Omega Man," "The Birds," "The China Syndrome" and, oh, yes, "The Andromeda Strain." Read full review
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