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Lost Room, The
MINISERIES: Sci-Fi, begins Monday 12/11 at 9:00p


9.0

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Starring Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Elle Fanning, Roger Bart, Kevin Pollak, Dennis Christopher, Ewan Bremner, and Margaret Cho

Peter Krause stars as a detective who stumbles upon a portal to an alternate universe in a motel room filled with magical objects in this quirky Sci-Fi Channel original miniseries.

GENRE(S):	Sci-Fi & Fantasy
FIRST AIR DATE:	December 11, 2006
LAST AIR DATE:	December 13, 2006
ALSO ON:	Airs from 9-11p on Mon, Tue, Wed

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

A terrific, six-hour miniseries, beautifully written and sharply directed.

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

As much fun as the adventure is, the central mystery — what happened in that motel on that May date that created such cosmic blowback — is never truly explained.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

A very complex metaphysical mystery, the enjoyment of which comes, in no small part, from the surprises that spill out as it slowly unfurls.

New York Post Linda Stasi

Bizarrely complicated and intriguing.

Variety

Strange and clever, "The Lost Room" is full of winding corridors, peculiar twists and wry, oddball humor, set against a mystery that recalls TV's better Stephen King productions.

LA Weekly Robert Abele

And while the quest story has the inevitable whiff of The Lord of the Rings about it... the episodes almost feel more like sci-fi Hitchcock than anything else.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

The tale's beyond complicated, to be sure. But it also may be the most watchable six hours of strangeness you'll see this season.

The New York Times Virginia Heffernan

A quest romance in which Middle Earth is essentially Route 66, that national treasure, and some of its burned-out byways.

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

A long ride to nowhere but with some nice scenery and exciting turns along the way.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

"The Lost Room" is certainly a more creative exercise than past Sci Fi miniseries (including "The Triangle"), but it sometimes feels rushed.

Newsday Verne Gay

"Lost Room" is a shaggy dog story that gets shaggier with every scene. It's a tale as tall as the Empire State Building that threatens to topple in the merest breeze but - miraculously - never does.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

Maybe the best thing about this miniseries is the weird assortment of characters.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

It's a supernatural mystery, involving a few ghosts, a little time travel and lots of crazy people. People who have been missing The X-Files might really go for The Lost Room.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

Enjoyment turns to exasperation as the tone wobbles from horror to crime drama to fantasy to comedy.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

A tonally mixed-up disappointment.

TV Guide Matt Roush

An especially silly descent into incoherence.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

While it's not totally painful, it's so hopelessly incoherent that you'll probably get a headache or two if you actually stick with it for the full three days and six hours.

The average user rating for this tv show is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 39 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

nofrom n. gave it a10:
I continued

elcho t. gave it a10:
great!

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
The idea of the show is realy great

jay gave it a4:
I love Peter Krause, but what was he thinking. This tries to be different and daring, but gives up on the most important things....good writing and character development. There are no two good scenes that blend in this story....very sloppy.

frank a gave it a10:
i'd rate this show with odyssey 5 extremely innovating, the producers must make more shows

Craig P. gave it an8:
Great story and concepts. Imaginative without a lot of special effect. Completely had me hooked right up until the end .. where nothing was explained and even the guy this all happened to had no idea what happened. Either the writers ran out of time or ideas .. or they are just hoping to have it picked up as a weekly series.

Kevin C. gave it a6:
Excellent premise and well-acted. Unfortunately the whole thing becomes more convulted, heavy-handed and flat out silly as time goes on. Don't listen to the crazy fanboy nerd comments here, the show is just slightly above average just as the critics say.

Lost Room, The MINISERIES: Sci-Fi, begins Monday 12/11 at 9:00p

Lost Room, The
MINISERIES: Sci-Fi, begins Monday 12/11 at 9:00p