The Kennedys - After Camelot
ReelzChannel | REELZ | Release Date: April 2, 2017
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
23
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
0
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
The Huffington PostDavid HinckleyApr 5, 2017
Season 1 Review: It’s hard to assess much of the acting here because most of the actors are confined by a script that swings between harsh judgments and moments of deep sentimentality that almost feel as if they were included to be compensatory. Read full review
30
The OregonianKristi TurnquistApr 3, 2017
Season 1 Review: The Kennedys: After Camelot is as cheesy as an all-you-can-eat fondue buffet. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergMar 31, 2017
Season 1 Review: A two-night, four-hour mess lacking in dramatic structure or emotional and thematic beats. You can at least sense that in the Chappaquiddick incident, producer Jon Cassar had something he wanted to build to, but even that scandal is limitedly consequential, and the second night proves particularly formless. Read full review
25
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardMar 30, 2017
Season 1 Review: Even Bravo has too much class for this four-hour misery. ... Holmes and Donahue share some affecting moments, but the miniseries has no imagination and re-creates tabloid snapshots. Read full review
20
ColliderAllison KeeneMar 31, 2017
Season 1 Review: The reality is that the material is never more than a boilerplate biopic, plodding along with a conventional set up and a schmaltzy score that tries to infuse emotion where it hasn’t been earned. Read full review
10
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertMar 30, 2017
Season 1 Review: Turns out the best way to experience this absurd, horribly written, curiously acted soap opera is to keep your humor about you, to jeer-watch as the characters become tabloid parodies. Read full review
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