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Smith
SERIES: CBS, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)
Starring
Ray Liotta,
Virginia Madsen,
Simon Baker,
Franky G,
Jonny Lee Miller,
Amy Smart,
and
Shoreh Aghdashloo
Yes, there have been multiple series over the past year about the "work" and private lives of professional thieves, but this new entry has a better cast than most, including Ray Liotta and Virginia Madsen.
| GENRE(S): |
Action / Adventure,
Drama
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| CREATED BY: |
John Wells
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| FIRST AIR DATE: |
September 19, 2006 |
| LAST AIR DATE: |
October 3, 2006 |
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...
100
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
There is a challenge to "Smith." It may be wonderfully shot so far. It may be blissfully quiet. And it may be supremely acted. But how much can a viewer care about the bad boys and girls over the course of many episodes?
80
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
The best of a recent group of heist dramas, including NBC's "Heist" and FX's "Thief."
75
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
Though the crime thriller territory is familiar, Liotta and the talented supporting cast give "Smith" an extra kick of dramatic energy.
75
People Weekly Tom Gliatto
The pyrotechnics involved in the opening heist are good, and the cast is a dream. [25 Sep 2006, p.43]
75
Entertainment Weekly Ken Tucker
So odd, you must check it out. [22 Sep 2006, p.89]
75
New York Post Linda Stasi
If I hadn't seen the same thing done 56,000 times before - from both versions of "Oceans 11" to my all-time-favorite, "Snatch" - I would be all over this show like a groupie. But I did, so I'm not.
70
Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart
It’s a smart series with a pacing that sometimes takes your breath away. Still, once the action pauses, will viewers want to spend time with a bunch of amoral characters?
70
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
If anything is liable to make "Smith" above the well-made caper show it already is, it's what might be done with the relationship between Liotta and Madsen.
70
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
At times Smith seems less like a crime drama than a character study of a collection of seriously damaged people. But the show's metabolism is enjoyably unpredictable.
70
Baltimore Sun David Zurawik
Think Ocean's Eleven (2001) meets HBO's The Sopranos.
70
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
The premiere breathe[s] like a moody, dark theatrical release -- one that tastes like Quentin Tarantino muddled with Michael Mann -- as opposed to a pilot from executive producer John Wells.
70
Arizona Republic Bill Goodykoontz
Ambitious and well-made, good cast, but brutal.
70
Wall Street Journal Dorothy Rabinowitz
This series... is, for all its noise, sharply plotted, visually rich, heavily informed by intrigues and intriguing characters
63
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
Setting up the first big heist takes all of the first episode, so our introduction to Smith and crew is too quick, more than a little forced and ultimately not compelling enough.
60
Variety Brian Lowry
Interesting but not fully compelling, it's a long shot to make a big score.
60
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
This story of professional thieves is beautifully shot, but the structure of the pilot -- it begins with the start of the robbery, flashes back to the planning of the robbery, returns to the robbery and shows its aftermath -- is a little repetitive, which takes away from attempts to build tension and surprise.
60
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
A schizophrenic pilot that's more interesting in parts than as a whole.
60
Slate Troy Patterson
[A] serviceable heist drama.
60
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
Smith takes many risks for broadcast television -- and reflects fascinating tensions in the medium.... But an old-fashioned concept trips up Smith.
50
New York Daily News David Hinckley
For a serialized drama to catch on, though, it has to grab you from the start. Despite its impressive roster of actors, "Smith" doesn't.
50
Slant Magazine Len Sousa
If the producers of Smith could have chosen to focus on character development instead of a revolving door of action scenes, they might have had a top-notch show on their hands. As it stands, however, it looks as though Smith will be another victim of a good idea given a poor execution.
50
Newsday Verne Gay
To love "Smith" is to love an ice cube. There may be a cold beauty to the craftsmanship of this enterprise, but there's a pinched, frostbitten heart at the center of it as well.
50
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
The cinematography is stylish, and the action sequences compare favorably to those shot for larger screens. The acting is good, sometimes even inspired, and yet there is a big problem with the show. Put simply, most of these characters are distasteful and sometimes downright repulsive.
50
Washington Post Tom Shales
The pilot is admittedly a swift, brisk bit of escapist whimsy, but one has to wonder whether the idea of a heist every week will really prove tenable.
30
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
Maybe they'll play up all the complicated marital undercurrents in future episodes, but given the emptiness of Bobby's character, it's hard to imagine that anybody would care.
30
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
“Smith” is so thinly written, and the characters so generic, that it’s hard to feel much for this series except admiration for its cinematography.
30
Salon Heather Havrilesky
The second and third episodes mostly felt like a retread of the pilot, with the same alluring but dangerous heist to execute, the same planning session between key players, the same conflicted feelings and suspicions.
25
USA Today Robert Bianco
Hands down the worst new show of the season.
20
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
It's not entirely Liotta's fault, though, that there's so little passion in "Smith," that the Everyman situations that serve "The Sopranos" so well seem so, well, generic, here and that the intricacies of the gang's capers fail to fascinate.
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