Update: October 1, 2017
First Critics Reviews for X-Men Spinoff THE GIFTED on Fox
Entertainment Weekly - It stays afloat with quality special effects and surprisingly excellent performances across the large ensemble cast. It’s straightforward comic book fare with familiar beats, but with an earnestness and well-paced storyline that elevates it above the other gritty, supernatural fall TV choices.
B+
IGN - Just the right amount of drama and tension make it all come together as a solid, enjoyable show. It may not be as thought-provoking as Legion, but it doesn’t try to be. The Gifted just wants to be an entertaining show in the world of the X-Men, and that it manages to do that without any actual A-list X-Men is a win all by itself.
8/10
Variety - “The Gifted” struggles to find any of the wonder in their gifts. In what seems to be a misguided attempt to look “serious,” “The Gifted” is a gray, humorless hour oriented towards cheap-looking action sequences. It could have withstood a bit of mutation of its own.
New York Times - The “Gifted” pilot is all the things “Inhumans” isn’t: quick, tense, funny, occasionally moving. Exposition is at a minimum and the obligatory speeches about intolerance and conformity are kept short. Mutant abilities — telekinesis, teleportation, fire rays — are straightforward and effectively filmed.
Forbes - The pilot does what a good pilot should, plant seeds that can grow. It can become a show with a rabid fanbase that will eat up whatever crazy twist creator-showrunner Matt Nix wants to throw their way. Based on the premiere, there’s every reason to believe
The Gifted can become something big.
USA Today -
The Gifted looks and feels different from other superhero series on TV, and Monday's premiere backs up that novelty with smart storytelling and strong characters. One of the best aspects of
The Gifted is that creator Matt Nix (
Burn Notice) fundamentally understands how to stage a thrilling action sequence, which many comic-book series struggle to do.
3.5/4