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- Netflix
- Feb 27, 2015
- Netflix
- Feb 27, 2015
Summary The US remake of the 1990s British political miniseries moves the shenanigans to Washington DC. After learning he won't be appointed to a coveted Cabinet position, House Majority Whip Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire plan revenge on the administration he helped elect.
- Netflix
- Feb 27, 2015
- Netflix
- Feb 27, 2015
Summary The US remake of the 1990s British political miniseries moves the shenanigans to Washington DC. After learning he won't be appointed to a coveted Cabinet position, House Majority Whip Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire plan revenge on the administration he helped elect.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
76
88% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
13% Mixed
3 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
76
88% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
13% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Whatever your takeaway, the performances of Spacey and Wright remain assured and now ingrained in a series that ranks as the best body politic drama ever.
Despite its missteps, House Of Cards’ third season is by far its leanest, most focused, and most absorbing.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 452 User Ratings
7.3
75% Positive
340 Ratings
340 Ratings
13% Mixed
59 Ratings
59 Ratings
12% Negative
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 452 User Ratings
7.3
75% Positive
340 Ratings
340 Ratings
13% Mixed
59 Ratings
59 Ratings
12% Negative
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
House of Cards. Season 3. Power is in the hands. A more intriguing and enticing season. Claire Underwood comes to the fore more showing what kind of person she really is. I liked the performance of Russian President Viktor Petrov very much, very similar to the acting one. Also, great intrigues, unexpected moves and all that is remarkable about the House of Cards series.
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SEASON 3
I feel compelled to finally join metacritic, after all this time, to say this one thing: the performances between these two (Spacey and Wright) give me goosebumps. It reminds me of the caliber of Edie Falco and James Gandolfini in 'The Sopranos'. The episode on House of Cards this season, with the **** activist in Russia, is one of the best hours of television I've ever seen. I get goosebumps thinking about Robin Wright and Kevin Spacey (and Christian Carmago's performance). Can't believe this only got a '73' rating.
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SEASON 3
House of Cards has traded in the fun of watching Frank shuck and jive in exchange for accomplishing his long game, which isn’t as fun as watching all the manipulative plays go down on each episode. In certain ways, Frank and Claire are being forced to grow up and have grownup jobs to prove it.
While the political dynamics have changed greatly, House of Cards remains an addictive mixture of over-the-top soap opera, wicked dark comedy and sly melodrama.
The show has dispensed with a lot of the real-world elements that made it so coldly compelling.... On the other hand, though, that purging of minor characters is setting the stage for a bigger drama entirely: the showdown between Claire and Frank.... It is a satisfying, slow build, and one that feels not just 13 episodes in the making but three seasons--not just three seasons but 30 years--for the inscrutable Claire Underwood.
After all the cream-puff politicians and supposedly brilliant strategists that the Underwoods have fooled all too easily in the first two seasons, a little payback and a little failure plays well for House of Cards.
Without Zoe Barnes, prostitutes, corrupt lobbyists and dissipated members of Congress to perk up the landscape as in seasons past, the show feels monotonous. It certainly looks it.
Just awesome how the story further develops now .. when the stakes and entourages have changed for both F and C. They got there quite "easily", familiar terrain. But now its a whole new ballgame that needs a different approch.. Or maybe not.. but there are some keys lost and some doors shut. Like the "Stamper Key" really is needed.. Great acting again. great story. Far too good to binge-watch.. but ow.. so.. wanted to know how it will proceed.. one more.. just one more.. One more and then i quit for today.. omg, out, out! sleep!
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SEASON 3
The third season takes a major step back, the last few episodes this seems entirely like a marital drama. Sure their relationship has always been key to the show but here they start to act like children without any sense, they are not the powerful couple we saw in S1 but the problem isn't there, it's the reason behind it, it feels entirely like the sole reason they are fighting each other is to give the show something to rely on, and that plot isn't nearly as good as the previous two seasons.
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SEASON 3
I'm interested in politics, so I watch HoC. But this is no longer a show about politics. In fact, this season makes you realize that it never was: it is a drama, with politics as the canvas the show is painted on. Season 3 is the worst HoC season, but it has its good moments. The show has to deal with the complications involving Frank attaining his coveted position, and striving to make that interesting. S1 and S2 benefited from what felt like dominoes falling against each other; S3 starts with us having to accept that Frank was the last domino, and he's supported (and trapped) by a wall.
It suffers from the overly-emotional and absurd performances of our anti-hero. TV tropes that attract the general public are ignored in favor of unexpected plot twists, but the twists never seem groundbreaking in hindsight, and the show leaves you wondering why it doesn't just try to simply entertain using an action or sex scene. Hell, halfway through you may realize that you're already halfway through, you can't stop watching now. It is a show damned by being a topic of conversation, in that aspect.
I give this a 6 because I enjoyed it sometimes. I liked the arcs involving Remy, Jackie, Dunbar, Doug, the hacker, and Rachel. Frank and Claire's arcs could have been better. Yates takes up half the screen this season, there's not even a reference to ex-president Walker; it all feels a bit unreal. Nowhere near enough Lucas or Raymond Tusk this season, Seth's teeth are vastly dulled, and the sexy Christina is relegated to a cameo appearance where her acting and beauty are muted by producer incompetence. Seriously, as a male watcher, I was upset we only see her once!
The end of S3 doesn't have me as excited for S4 as S1 had me for S2, or S2 for S3. But I won't give up on this show just yet. I'll be watching Daredevil now, hoping Orange keeps our summer TV-watching simultaneously lighthearted and interesting, and praying that HoC makes a venerable return next year. Oh, and Netflix, please, Frank's F-bombs are cringeworthy... let's not do that anymore haha.
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SEASON 3
In season 3 the Underwoods are going through recycled motions from the first two seasons, and at a slower pace. The new characters and new settings are window dressing at best. Season 2 had flaws but this season was the beginning of the end
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SEASON 3
