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Political Animals (TV Miniseries)

Political Animals

2012

Greg Berlanti, David Petrarca ...

Sigourney Weaver, Carla Gugino, Ciarán Hinds, James Wolk ...

6.2

411

TV Series. Drama TV Miniseries (2012). 6 Episodes. Elaine Barrish, a former First Lady and current Secretary of State, finds herself recently divorced, and must deal with State Department issues while trying to keep her family together.

	Author	Review
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"No one associated with 'Political Animals' needs to hide under the covers, exactly, but nothing here qualifies as a game-changer, either"	NEU
United States	Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"What 'Animals' is trying to do is take 'The West Wing' and turn it into 'Dallas'. And if you don't like 'Dallas', that can be a real letdown"	NEU
United States	Robert Bianco USA Today	"It is nowhere near as sharp or as on-point as it needs to be (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"Wanting soap and dirt (...)he [creator Greg Berlanti] has fashioned something that's watchable only if you completely divorce it from the realm of credibility"	NEG
United States	Linda Stasi New York Post	"The actors are great, but the show isn't (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Alessandra Stanley The New York Times	"This half-comic, half-serious soap opera à clef could be awful, but instead it is surprisingly fun"	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"'Political Animals' verges right up to the edge of ludicrous with the right combination of salty-sweet and silly-smart"	POS

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