- Network: NBC
- Series Premiere Date: Jun 24, 2009
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 55 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 44 out of 55
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Mixed: 3 out of 55
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Negative: 8 out of 55
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The PhilanthropistYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreGenerally favorable reviews- based on 55 Ratings
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JasonNJun 24, 2009What a boring show, so full of cliches it almost insults the viewer. Even for a summer show, this is just too much fluff!
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PhilH.Jul 23, 2009Rich man seeks psychotherapy by doing good in the least helpful manner when with all that cash, he could do better while putting viewers to sleep because they aren't getting paid to listen to him work it out. After all the reality crap I was praying for a good fiction story. I'll keep praying.
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LagosM.Aug 15, 2009I am a Nigerian, if you were going to use nigeria at all in a film, at least use some nigerian actors. The people are not nigerian, the language is not nigerian, the location is not even near nigeria. I would have it that it would have a more effect if it was even a bit nigerian. Well good effort so i rated it 3.
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It’s hard to fault a drama that celebrates altruism and tries to glamorize social conscience. But I found myself cringing at the condescending scenes of our rich white savior wandering among the Africans with their colorful outfits and drum music, his checkbook at the ready in case he needs to bribe a local.
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If you can get past the patronizing only-a-white-man-can-save-the-needy concept, the series could be an illuminating look at what's going on in the rest of the world. It's too educational and earnest for me to consider it "entertainment," but other viewers might be better people than me.
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A pleasant surprise: a drama about a rich, rule-breaking risk-taker (a saucy James Purefoy) that's not cutesy or predictable.