Amish Mafia
Discovery Channel | Release Date: December 12, 2012
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
New York PostLinda StasiDec 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: They should call it "When Amish Go Bad." I'm talking about the insanely addictive new show, Amish Mafia, the most bizarre reality series, well, ever. Read full review
63
People WeeklyTom GliattoDec 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's more shoofly than pie, but amusing. [17 Dec 2012, p.39]
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyDec 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Even if Amish Mafia may evoke for some viewers the popular and somewhat discredited "Breaking Amish," the show has a running undercurrent that feels interesting and credible. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterAllison KeeneDec 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: If the purpose of the series is to explore a sub-culture lifestyle foreign to most Americans, Discovery's quasi-documentary approach (with educational explanations about Amish community structure, at least in the first episode) does a fair job of covering that. But Hot Snakes Media, who produced the series--and also helmed the controversial Breaking Amish--can't seem to help themselves in adding a kind of "...gone wild!" tag to the end of the endeavor, obliterating anything that feels informational. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardDec 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: There's more truth in 10 minutes of Animal Planet's "Finding Bigfoot." Read full review
40
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayDec 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Amish Mafia may be intermittently entertaining, but it doesn't pass the smell test. Read full review
30
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandDec 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: The Amish Mafia may sound oxymoronic, but as a TV show, it's strictly moronic. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian LowryDec 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: In terms of the bar on reality-TV standards, though, Amish Mafia, in particular, effortlessly limbos beneath it. Read full review
25
NewsdayVerne GayDec 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: Dim, dumb, dull, daffy and dippy, Discovery should know better. Read full review
10
The New York TimesMike HaleDec 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Reality TV doesn't get much cheaper or crasser than this, and just to clinch its rock-bottom status, the show fills out its picture of rural menace by momentarily citing the 2006 mass shooting at a Lancaster County Amish school. Read full review
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