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
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, the new plots continually intrude, dissipating tension and making an already complicated story too convoluted to follow. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: For about three hours and 40 minutes, the mini-series rockets along, an exciting pile of preposterousness with conspiratorial overtones. Then it fizzles, with stuff you've seen 1,000 times before, and irritating loose ends. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
Season 1 Review: This version of his story arrives in a world that has seen not only "Lost," but "The X-Files," "Armageddon," and every other sci-fi show or movie that melds disaster, conspiracy, and teamwork. By now, it takes a lot more than clever ideas to keep us hooked. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: Andromeda is a two-night extravaganza that could have been one if its characters didn't speak in massive, clunky chunks of technojargon. [30 May 2008, p.80] Read full review
40
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Where the movie was content to focus on that process, director Mikael Salomon and writer-playwright Robert Schenkkan throw in a veritable kitchen sink of elements. [...] Too bad, because the project has assembled a solid cast, even if they're constrained by spouting all that scientific jargon and spend too much time squabbling and grappling with outside distractions. Read full review
40
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: As an A&E miniseries, the Michael Crichton novel unfolds as a fast-moving thriller with many jolting sequences. Unfortunately, the mini's makers fumble the most crucial action sequence. They're all thumbs, and the results are stupendously silly. Read full review
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