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The Rook (TV Series)

The Rook

2019

China Moo-Young, Kari Skogland ...

Olivia Munn, Emma Greenwell, Joely Richardson, James D'Arcy ...

5.3

96

TV Series. Thriller What would you do if you woke up and couldn’t remember who you were? The London-set series centers on a young woman pursued by shadowy paranormal adversaries while grappling with extraordinary abilities of her own. After waking in a park with total amnesia surrounded by dead bodies, she must fight to uncover her past, and resume her position at the head of Britain's most secret (supernatural) service before the traitors who stole her ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"An enticing start becomes dull in a hurry (...) Opportunities for more colorful characterization and plotting must have been neglected (...) A subpar adaptation"	NEG
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"Halfway through the season it’s not clear if the show has anything new to say (...) But it has enough style to make you want to find out."	NEU
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"'The Rook' tries to split the difference between a spy thriller and superheroes-as-outcasts allegory, but neither really clicks (...) [It] feels bogged down by what it lacks and what it offers"	NEG
United States	Laura Prudom IGN	"A unique entry in the crowded sci-fi space (...) This slow-burn thriller is X-Men meets John le Carré with a dash of 'Memento', and we're intrigued to see where it goes."	POS
United States	Merrill Barr Forbes	"A very slick series with some solid action and very rich style (...) What the show delivers is simply more of the same we’ve come to expect from this kind of series."	NEU
Canada	Kevin Yeoman Screen Rant	"Its execution is languid and clumsy (...) The series’ start is overwhelmed by an avalanche of half-formed ideas engulfing an already nebulous conceit."	NEG
United States	Keith Phipps TV Guide	"It's a show filled with intriguing ideas that sort of bounce around without really landing and the slick but frustratingly understated direction does little to liven it up"	NEU

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