SummaryBased on the classic Daniel Defoe novel, this thirteen part NBC drama promises plenty of action and adventure of the tropical type. The story revolves around a man named Robinson Crusoe who, along with his companion Friday, who get stranded on an island for 28 years. Crusoe has only the memories of the love of his life to keep him sane. Crusoe... Read More
Crusoe
Season 1 Premiere:
Aug 4, 2008
Metascore
Mixed or Average
53
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
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53
38% Positive
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80
Some of the pirates tonight, perhaps inevitably, take on a little of Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow. But the acting is generally solid and the action is both stirring and, happily, easy to follow.
70
The two-hour pilot episode was engaging and fun in a way that NBC's other throwback dramas ("Knight Rider," "My Own Worst Enemy") have failed to be.
63
The chemistry between Winchester and Chirisa is great and very believeable, which goes to the acting ability of both men. It's not easy to make relationships seem real in this out-there fantasy.
50
The tone varies wildly from action-adventure to serious costume drama.
50
Defoe's ambitious bachelor is transformed into an ardent husband and father, whose memories of his previous life are so tinged with romance they include falling rose petals. I kid you not.
30
It sedates, and its fabricated sentimentality does not save it.
25
As remakes go, Crusoe is at least a couple of cuts above NBC's brainless "Knight Rider," but let's face it, the bar couldn't be set any lower.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
71% Positive
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Oct 26, 2020
1
Faithful to the original story: NOT! Good clean fun? Yeah, it’s all right. Suspension of disbelief feasibility rating: well, you’d have to be pretty naïve to think it’s got any level of realism, so let’s say 2 out of 10.
It’s about on the level of Starsky and Hutch (remember them?) brought into the new millennium. A pair of right-on dudes, fighting the good fight and seeing off the baddies, resolutely sticking to good family values while being a little bit badass, properly aware of racial and slavery issues, nicely done period touches but highly unlikely plotting for the period. If you want blood, gore and real grittiness, forget it. If you want a light, fantasy-spinning (note lower-case f) bit of feel-good, swashbuckling, swords-and-bodices (with no bodices ripped) melodrama with comedic touches (some of which are intended), this could be for you.
