XIII
NBC | Release Date: February 8, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: All in all, this isn't a half-bad political thriller. It just would have been better had it been about half as long. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLeah Greenblatt
Season 1 Review: It's good, hammy fun, if you give in to the nonsense. Read full review
50
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: What is obvious to viewers after only a few minutes is not obvious to the supposedly crack investigators dispatched to untangle the conspiracy, whose Ludlumesque layers they fail to see. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: It's the kind of story that asks you to either take off your thinking cap or be bored and indifferent. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: I imagine that there is some sort of mathematical correctness to the plot, but as a viewing experience it is vague, confusing and preposterous to the point that by the time all was revealed--or nearly all, since the film ends on an unresolved note--I had long ceased to care. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Poorly cast and performed (including an embarrassing turn by Val Kilmer), XIII is shot so murkily and staged so badly, you can hardly tell where people are, let alone where they're going. Read full review
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