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Critic Reviews
Jul 6, 2011
Season 7 Review:
When The Close comes to a close, we'll lose one of the best TV detectives of the past decade. [11 Jul 2011, p.33]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Every bit as intriguing as it is intelligent. [13 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Brenda is the closest thing to a real character we've seen in police procedurals so far. [8 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Johnson is such a multi-layered character, and Sedgwick plays her so beautifully that you can forgive the weaknesses of the opening episode and hope they get smoothed out in what could be a very long run for this show. [13 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
'The Closer' may be the first TV series to mimic ['Desperate Housewives''] ability to present women with textured, complicated lives. [12 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Jul 11, 2011
Season 7 Review:
The Closer may be the most comfortable old shoe on all of television; slip it on and be assured of no blisters. In fact, the cast (and not just Sedgwick) is so competent, the characters' tics so familiar; and the format and formula so firmly etched in "ceeement" (as Brenda might say) that it all feels almost too comfy.
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Season 4 Review:
Brenda and Bill have enough reluctant chemistry and icky tension to make Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter proud. [18 Jul 2008, p.56]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Thanks to Sedgwick, the hour is a distinguished contribution to the cop genre, delving further into a character's personal life than the "Law & Order" procedurals, and avoiding the showy visual effects that are high points of the "CSI" brand. [13 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
A taut new crime drama that's happily more than the sum of its generic crime procedural parts. [13 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Surprisingly entertaining ... [though] hardly groundbreaking. [13 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It's all a bit much in Monday's opener, and yet I suspect that, like the $400 shirts and luxury ride of Dennis Farina's "Law & Order" character, which initially came across as contrast run amok, Deputy Chief Johnson's contrived personality excesses will fade with time. And what will be left is a compelling character in a solid show - not a tradition-buster like FX's "The Shield" but probably a broader-based hit. [12 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It's a fine group, and a good start - although parts of the initial exposition are clunky and Sedgwick's Southern accent seems to fade and strengthen at random. But there's a solid core here around which a good series can be built. [13 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Sedgwick ... deserves better than "The Closer," but she still makes TNT's conventional new homicide drama worth checking out. [13 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The plot leaves something to be desired, but make no mistake, what is very good about "The Closer" is the charismatic Sedgwick. [11 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Tries too hard to be tough, but fans of crime dramas might get hooked anyway. [12 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It seems the writers got the initial idea in their heads -- Kyra Sedgwick raises hell -- then faltered in stacking the bricks around her. The accent is distracting, though the writers must have chosen Atlanta for a reason. The sweet tooth is gimmicky. And the fact she doesn't exactly close the trunk with force in the pilot is of some concern.
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Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It ambles along with formulaic plotting and cop shop melodrama. [13 Jun 2005]
Jul 10, 2013
Season 1 Review:
This is sledgehammer writing, and not very interesting writing at that. [13 Jun 2005]
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