Being Human
SyFy | Release Date: January 17, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf SmithJan 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Jokes like that ["You gonna go all 'Twilight' on me?"] and the wisecracking Sally occasionally threaten to turn Being Human into a mild, campy thing. As we get to know the characters, however, and begin to identify with their sense of loss and isolation, humor helps make what is preposterous about their situation seem real. Read full review
75
NewsdayDiane WertsJan 17, 2011
Season 1 Review: Being Human echoes, move for move, the BBC America fave of the same name. Yet, Syfy simplifies the tone into young-adult novelhood, where there's lots of white space around really big print. Subsequent episodes improve as plots thicken.
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJan 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Being Human works better than it should because of skillful writing, often laced with wry humor, and the very deep well of plot possibilities in the idea that three "monsters," as they call themselves, can pass for "human." Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesPaige WiserJan 13, 2011
Season 1 Review: Both "Skins" and Being Human are about outcasts who form their own families together, muddling through the present even though the future doesn't look too bright. The characters may all be extreme, but you'll identify with them all. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJan 18, 2011
Season 1 Review: For fans of the original, which is only a few years old, this Americanization may be a bit like going to see a road company version of a Broadway show: It's pretty good but definitely less morose (for some viewers that will be an improvement, for others it will be a betrayal). Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJan 17, 2011
Season 1 Review: I liked the original and also like what little I've seen of the remake so far, but won't know until it expands beyond the original stories - as American series generally must do - whether it's worth sticking with. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryJan 14, 2011
Season 1 Review: Being Human isn't nearly as well done as that [AMC's "The Walking Dead"], but the early episodes are likable, if unworthy of love at first bite. Read full review
67
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJan 18, 2011
Season 1 Review: All in all it's a pretty deft mix of violence, pathos and ethos via a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost as roomies. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyKen TuckerJan 31, 2011
Season 1 Review: The ghost (Meaghan Rath), the vampire (Sam Witwer), and the werewolf (Sam Huntington) continue to work out their angst-addled yearnings to be human in this more neurotic version of the U.K. TV series. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJan 17, 2011
Season 1 Review: Comparisons to the BBC show are unavoidable since the first two episodes are practically a scene-by-scene reshoot of the original's opening. The stars even look like doppelgangers of the English cast. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJan 17, 2011
Season 1 Review: If all of this is new to you, the appealing mix of humor and horror may very well hook you. If you've already fallen in love with the British version, as I have, this uneven carbon copy will seem wildly unnecessary. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJan 17, 2012
Season 2 Review: I'd settle for them just being interesting. Read full review
40
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanJan 13, 2012
Season 2 Review: It's hard to get behind the dilemmas of a group characters who whine as much as this gloomy bunch. Read full review
40
HitfixAlan SepinwallJan 17, 2011
Season 1 Review: The three episodes I've seen felt flat and airless, outside of the performance by Sam Huntington as the werewolf. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike HaleJan 17, 2011
Season 1 Review: What was a show about bickering but loving roommates is now a show about, to paraphrase Aidan's narration, living on the dark side. Unfortunately it's not a very interesting place. Read full review
40
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanJan 17, 2011
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately the new version of Being Human is more repetitive, clunky and melodramatic than the previous one. Read full review
30
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinJan 17, 2011
Season 1 Review: Syfy's show relies a lot more on dripping fangs and never speaks in a whisper when a bellow will do--even the simplest conversations are conducted with the neurotic intensity of a bad soap opera. Simply put, this Being Human lacks any human warmth. Read full review
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