Manifest: Season 1 - TV Reviews (2024)

There's a reason many reviewers found it dull and more plodding than enigmatic. It's a so-so series. As it progresses, the Christian theme is less than subtle.

Full Review | Jul 20, 2021

The cast is great (especially Melissa Roxburgh and Josh Dallas as a brother and sister), the plotting terrific and, while the script and some scenes tend to skew overly teary and sentimental, it all works just fine.

Full Review | Jul 6, 2021

They've set enough plates spinning in the air here to make you want to come back for more, but how it'll all develop God - Her again - knows.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2019

Manifest has some good qualities.

Full Review | May 24, 2019

Manifest doesn't understand its own format and doesn't inspire interest. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 1, 2019

A conglomerate of several other popular shows past and present, with dialogue so wooden it's a wonder the actors don't get splinters in their mouths while talking.

Full Review | Jan 29, 2019

The new mystery for NBC might be the most ridiculous, insane, and laughably bad show of the pilot season, but it will certainly intrigue you to no end.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 10, 2018

Manifest tries to be a new hope, but it's no more than a Lost for dummies. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Oct 2, 2018

Solid supernatural mystery explores family dynamics, loss.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 27, 2018

The mystery behind Manifest just doesn't hook us enough from the start. It's like trying to jump into a world of ghosts and ghouls without introducing the natural, regular world first.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 26, 2018

Schmaltzy and heavy-handed the references may be (828 in all the addresses, for instance), but they also set up a really good mystery. Who or what is causing these events to "work together for good?"

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 25, 2018

Intrigued? Hooked? Don't be. It's super dumb.

Full Review | Sep 25, 2018

"Manifest" moves fast, but it plays like a ticket to nowhere.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Sep 25, 2018

Shows with complex premises need to provide more to be given a comprehensive review. The pilot alone was not enough to make me want to get on board.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.8/10 | Sep 25, 2018

If you're looking for a righteous and medium-cheesy drama, dive right in. It's something of a low-calorie Daredevil serial with no real villains to speak of (yet!), plus a sprinkling of Touched by an Angel morality.

Full Review | Sep 25, 2018

It's at least worth watching at least one more. Just in case it does happen to be aliens.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Sep 25, 2018

An exemplary pilot in some ways; the premise of an airplane time-jumping five years is engaging, and the central mystery about what has been done to the passengers is a great hook.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 25, 2018

Manifest may have a bumpy flight ahead if it hopes to rise above the many failed mystery shows that have disappeared before it.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10 | Sep 25, 2018

At this point, Manifest shows promise but hasn't delivered a whole lot to go on for viewers to guess what happens next. That's not necessarily a bad thing, as only one episode has aired and no show is going to deliver all of its answers in its first hour.

Full Review | Sep 25, 2018

As the season progresses, perhaps it will find a way to develop the characters as well as the mysteries surrounding them, but for the time being, a reason to be genuinely intrigued by Manifest has yet to materialize.

Full Review | Sep 25, 2018