Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter
4.6/5
Critic Rating
Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter chronicles the larger than life adventures of Tom Slick (Owen Wilson) and his steadfast pursuit of the unknown, culminating to one of his greatest and most mystifying expeditions: his 1958 hunt for the Yeti. Tom Slick’s epic story is told through hidden tapes found by his granddaughter Liv Slick (Schuyler Fisk) in the attic of her mother, Claire Slick (Sissy Spacek). What is a climactic tale of a legendary man and his hunt for the Yeti is, for Liv, the discovery of a grandfather whose life was largely shrouded in mystery… until now.
Critic Reviews
Score: 3.7
Michael Bergonzi • Audio Drama Reviews • Sep 28, 2024
"Based on a real person who studied things some people think aren't real, the "Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter" podcast is the perfect blend of pulp adventure and serialization techniques found in today's media. But with all the potential good that mixture implies, there must also come the baggage that comes with telling a story about a person who did exist."
Score: 5
Fiona Sturges • Financial Times • Aug 11, 2024
"Wilson is well cast in the title role, an Indiana Jones-meets-Edmund Hillary figure bursting with charisma and derring-do, while Spacek is a more down-to-earth presence as the daughter posthumously getting to know her father. The soundscaping is excellent: ambitiously multi-layered and noisy in a way that is entirely fitting for a rollicking and bingeable action-adventure series. …"
Score: 5
Hannah Verdier • The Guardian • Jul 25, 2024
"Wilson relishes the role of Slick...plenty of adventures to relay."
