Tin Man
SyFy | SCIFI | Release Date: December 2, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
7
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale
Season 1 Review: This version, while imaginative and ambitious--as Halmi's sumptuous visions almost invariably are--is less successful. Read full review
80
Los Angeles Times
Season 1 Review: To say that Tin Man is not as good as its near-perfect models is not to damn it, even faintly. Like Sci Fi's "Flash Gordon" update--which the Halmis also produce and which it resembles far more than it does "The Wizard of Oz"-- it's a good-looking, entertaining fantasy adventure, with a cast that is easy to spend time with. Read full review
80
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: It's a cornucopia of fanciful sets and costumes and more computer graphic imaging than you'll find anywhere else on TV, and a lot of it is pretty cool. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Once we've all acknowledged there really was no need to remake "The Wizard of Oz" because the original creators did a pretty good job back in 1939, it's safe to admit that the way it's been handled in Tin Man, a new miniseries, is a lot of fun. Read full review
70
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Tin Man’s heart is in the right place, even if the execution of the story evokes, from time to time, creakiness of the metal man’s limbs. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: It's like a miniseries built out of spare parts. Yet there's a reason those parts get chosen over and over, and thanks to Deschanel, whose DG plays it straight in a script that's one long wink, Tin Man brings them together to a place that feels a bit like home. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: A big, sonorous dungeons-and-dragons affair that seems at every moment to call attention to its epicness, Tin Man would have benefited above all from more minimizing. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Ambitious and intriguing though it may be, Tin Man is simply too long, too grim and too determined to impose a Lord of the Rings universe-saving quest on top of a simpler, gentler story. Read full review
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