Metacritic TV

Mind Control With Derren Brown

SERIES: Sci-Fi, Thursday 10:00p (60 minutes)

Starring Derren Brown

Created by Derren Brown

Genre(s): Reality (Non-Competitive)

FIRST AIR DATE: August 25, 2007

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

79 / 100

Critic Reviews

80 Boston Globe Joanna Weiss
It works largely because his victims are the ones doing the work, offering body language clues, lapping up subliminal messages, and proving their capacity for distraction.
80 The New York Times Susan Stewart
Mr. Brown has bought into something real: our childlike joy in being fooled.
80 Variety Brian Lowry
Mind Control is much cooler than your average foray into this realm, and by whatever methods its host employs, he has pretty well convinced me to watch again
80 PopMatters Michael Abernethy
Although Brown repeatedly manipulates behavior, Mind Control ultimately comes across as a refreshingly honest endeavor. The tricks are entertaining, and the explanations revelatory.
75 New York Post Linda Stasi
The stunts (or whatever they're called) Brown performs, especially on tough, cynical New Yorkers, are hilarious and astounding.

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