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House of Cards (TV Series)

House of Cards

2013

Beau Willimon (Creator), David Fincher ...

Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Kate Mara ...

7.9

29,979

TV Series. Drama. Thriller TV Series (2013-2018). 6 Seasons. 73 Episodes. Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his ambitious wife Claire (Robin Wright) stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex, and corruption in modern D.C.

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[6th Season Review]: The shift in focus from Frank to Claire Underwood finds the series somewhat reinvigorated through its first five new episodes (...) [It] has something new and frequently interesting to say."	POS
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"[6th Season Review]: [It is] as mixed a bag as the thrilling but uneven Netflix drama has yet produced (...) Robin Wright is up to the task of anchoring the show."	NEU
United States	Kristen Baldwin Entertainment Weekly	"[6th Season Review]: 'House of Cards' does not suffer from the lack of Kevin Spacey (...) One of the chief delights of this season is the showcase it gives to actresses in their midlife prime."	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[6th Season Review]: It should be easy for anyone interested to finish the series, even if what’s there is far less sumptuous than early offerings"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ed Power Telegraph	"[6th Season Review]: As a study in skulduggery, series six unquestionably delivers (...) [Without Frank] the show is drained of much of its vitality (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Christopher Hooton The Independent	"[6th Season Review]: [The first five episodes] feel slightly, well, banal (...) The first half of season six is by no means terrible. The swan-like Robin Wright is as magnificent as ever (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ed Power Telegraph	"[5th Season Review]: Having laid to rest the long-standing charge that 'House of Cards' was too absurd to be taken seriously as 'prestige television', the Netflix caper has rediscovered its cocksure strut. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[5th Season Review]: Starts dull (...) Entertaining and amusing things begin to happen by the 11th or 12th episode, and even though those things are ludicrous, implausible and riddled with plot holes, they set the show up well for the sixth season."	POS
United Kingdom	Christopher Hooton The Independent	"[5th Season Review]: Despite the departure of creator Beau Willimon this season, the show is as smart, barbed and menacing as ever."	POS
United States	Verne Gay Newsday	"[5th Season Review]: The fifth-season opener efficiently brooms away that creaky storyline, and even pivots on an effective twist that reinforces one more 'HoC' theme: Frank will be Frank."	POS
United Kingdom	Jacob Stolworthy Digital Spy	"[5th Season Review]: If season five's first episodes are the calm, there's one hell of a storm on the way (...) With the cards reshuffled by episode six (...) it's unpredictability that reigns."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"[4th Season Review]: 'House of Cards' remains eminently watchable, in large part a testimonial to the splendid casting, from Spacey and Wright on down."	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[4th Season Review]: Significantly more happens this season, much of it absurd and contrived, but at least it's better than a total absence of on-screen incident."	NEU
United States	Rob Lowman Los Angeles Daily News	"[4th Season Review]: Season Four promises some fascinating possibilities. Netflix is determined to keep spoilers under wraps, but we can say there will definitely be surprises, and the show will be graced by the strong presence of tough females."	POS
United States	Jeff Jensen Entertainment Weekly	"[4th Season Review]: It’s the First Lady--and Robin Wright--who rules this term. Her story resonates with issues of gender, race, and power, bringing in a trio of actresses who provide a sparky jolt."	POS
United States	Alessandra Stanley The New York Times	"[3th Season Review]: Without Zoe Barnes, prostitutes, corrupt lobbyists and dissipated members of Congress to perk up the landscape as in seasons past, the show feels monotonous."	NEU
United States	Robert Rorke New York Post	"[3th Season Review]: Spacey plays Underwood with his usual unctuous aplomb, and Claire’s crazy controlled persona is on full display, but with private moments of longing and neediness that are wonderful to behold. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz Vulture	"[3th Season Review]: The first few episodes sent out for review are the most satisfying to date. Season three moves away from the colorful but ultimately tedious power-tripping of seasons one and two."	POS
United States	David Hinckley New York Daily News	"[3th Season Review]: Wright (...) remains one of the best parts of the series, while Underwood’s bottomless appetite for dark dealing keeps Spacey so deliciously detestable you can’t help but keep rooting for the bad guy to win. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Joanne Ostrow Denver Post	"[3th Season Review]: Sure it’s sudsy drama. But great characters make for great fun in season 3."	POS
United States	Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"It's a heavyweight new contender in the drama category"	POS
United States	James Poniewozik Time	"'House of Cards' isn't wholly original. But it is supremely confident"	POS
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"It's easy to overlook some of the credibility gaps because the writing is otherwise so fine, as are the direction and the performances"	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"Although no expense has been spared, 'House of Cards' appears to suffer from the same ambitious but weighty seriousness that afflicted Starz's 'Boss'"	NEU
United States	Alessandra Stanley The New York Times	"It's a delicious (...) play with an excellent cast, but the tempo is slow and oddly ponderous--a romp slowed down to a dirge"	NEU
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"Fincher's main plan to compensate for the stupidity level is to have the gentlemen whip off their glasses and the ladies whip off their clothes. Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG

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