Critic Reviews
| 83 |
Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale
These unsettling scenes are tough on the eyes, but happily, star Paul Blackthorne is well worth watching, full time. |
| 80 |
Hollywood Reporter Marilyn Moss
Brooding, seductive and smart. |
| 75 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
Like Harry, the show has yet to fully master its tricks. There are a few decent jolts, but nothing is truly frightening or even that threatening. And while the show can be amusing, it's never exactly side-splitting. |
| 60 |
Variety Brian Lowry
If the series doesn't generate any grand creative magic, it at least possesses a certain old-fashioned charm. |
| 60 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
If you don’t like hints of Harry Potter mixed in with fairly straightforward procedural elements, this may not be the show for you. |
| 50 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
Even with Blackthorne's occasionally engaging portrayal of Harry Dresden, this whodunit lacks the wit and imagination that might transform it into something special. |
| 50 |
Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn
An uneven fantasy series that's not eerie enough to be a culty favorite or goofy enough to be a guilty pleasure. |
| 50 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
The series has great potential, and frankly I can't tell you why it doesn't ever quite reach it - other than it somehow lacks, er, magic. |
| 50 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
"Dresden" hasn't put a spell on me at the start - but it's not bad. It's just that on Sundays, opposite such shows as "Desperate Housewives" and "Rome," not bad is not nearly good enough. |
| 50 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
It isn't until the werewolf-themed fourth episode that "Dresden Files" finally gives you a trick worth applauding. Hopefully, there's more of that to come. |
| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
"The Dresden Files" is currently mediocre, a series searching for the right tone, seemingly unsure of itself and all the while not quite selling itself to the non sci-fi crowd. |
| 40 |
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
It has the feeling of pizza with pineapple on it — which is to say, not actually for grown-ups. |
| 30 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Dresden's investigations amount to a lot of ho-hum hokum... and his relationships are largely paint-by-number bland. |
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