“The Philanthropist” estreou ontem nos EUA, e teve uma recepção positiva, apesar de não muito efusiva, da crítica norte-americana, com o Metacritic a registar uma média de 61 valores (numa escala de 0 a 100). Aproveito para vos deixar, como habitualmente, algumas dessas reacções.
New York Post | Michael Starr
It works, thanks to Purefoy’s winning performance, pacing that never lags (the Olivia/Philip/Rist triangle is a diversion, quickly glossed over) and terrific writing. [Ler mais…]
Entertainment Weekly | Ken Tucker
A pleasant surprise: a drama about a rich, rule-breaking risk-taker (a saucy James Purefoy) that’s not cutesy or predictable. [Ler mais…]
Hollywood Reporter | Randee Dawn
Deep inside Philanthropist is a smart, earnest yet realistic series waiting to be told, and the pilot makes an intriguing beginning. [Ler mais…]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Rob Owen
Against all odds, this week’s premiere turns out to be a competent, highly watchable hour of television, the most promising broadcast network premiere since “Southland.” [Ler mais…]
The New York Times | Alessandra Stanley
The pilot was shot on location in southern Africa and is dazzlingly filmed; the cinematography alone stands out. But it’s the hero’s duality–he’s a good Samaritan with a flawed personality–that helps make The Philanthropist an unusual and exhilarating network series. [Ler mais…]
Chicago Sun-Times | Paige Wiser
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. [Ler mais…]
Philadelphia Daily News | Ellen Gray
Teddy’s impulses are undeniably good ones, but tales of African corruption are nothing new and often cited as a cause of viewer fatigue. And though Teddy’s expected to range far and wide, it remains to be seen whether The Philanthropist, and its debonair title character, have anything new to do–or say–about the problems he’ll encounter. [Ler mais…]
New York Daily News | David Hinckley
The performances here are good, right down to a cynical–and beautiful–bartender to whom Teddy tells the whole tale. But the action often feels like it was created by video-game developers, and what is supposed to be the subtext, about Teddy really trying to save himself, is about as subtle as a kick in the groin from a sneering DEA agent. [Ler mais…]
Los Angeles Times | Robert Lloyd
It is most silly at its most serious. It might be better to go the full 007. As it is, and notwithstanding some spectacular location footage, there’s scarcely a real moment in it from first shot to last. [Ler mais…]
Miami Herald | Glenn Garvin
Pointless, charmless and bound to be viewerless after the first half-hour or so, The Philanthropist recalls such epochal television bombs as Manimal (a scientist who could turn into a crime-fighting dolphin) or It’s About Time (astronauts break the time barrier and frolick happily with cavemen) in its conceptual imbecility. [Ler mais…]
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Adorei este primeiro episódio, só que duvido que consiga evoluir a partir daqui (mas lá estarei para me espantar se o conseguir).
Pena durante a Fall season não estrear uma série com este tipo de coração…
Olha, olha quem é ele!
O Mark Antony do “Roma”.
Finalmente… não me lembrava onde é que já tinha ouvido este nome.
E também não reconheci o actor… pudera, está tão vestido aqui.
Ai ai, o Marco António do Rome… ai ai! :giggle:
Gostei bastante deste 1º episódio…..Também a problemática em que se basearam seria difícil ser mal aproveitada….
Como outros disseram…..veremos se os próximos episódios conseguem ser tão ou mais simpáticos e interessantes como este….
Gostei muito fo episodio, humor, drama e aventura, tudo no mesmo episodio! Vamos ver se consegue manter este nivel, eu ficarei á espera pra ver!
Eu não fiquei lá muito impressionado, mas ainda vou ver mais um ou outro a ver se me convence.