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review about reviews Thought-provoking at best, unintentionally
funny at worst Criminal Minds is one of the hottest crime shows
on the block, and not without reason. At times, the acting can
be quite excellent and the plots suspenseful. But other times it
can fall short. It has some well-developed characters like Hotch
and Reid, and then some blatant stereotypes/unoriginal
characters like Morgan and Garcia. There's some quality acting
(Gibson, Gubler, Mantegna, Patinkin) and then some mediocre to
stiff performances (Moore, Cook, Brewster, Vangsness). Sometimes
the episodes can really make you think; other times the point of
a certain episode is so unbelievably clunky and riddled with
cliches that you want to laugh - I'm thinking of the Tobias
Henkel arc here.  Overall, I'd have to say major points for cast
chemistry: you really wanna watch this for the team members'
relationships between each other, even more than the thrill of
trying to figure