FOX | Release Date: October 4, 1990
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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USA TodayMatt RoushJun 28, 2013
Season 1 Review: In a season where all high schools look the same, with sun-drenched campuses trolled by smart-alecky know-it-alls, Beverly Hills, 90210 looks like yet another tired breath of smoggy, sunny California air...But beyond its stock characters - the freshman dweebs, the rich deb with a new nose job, the peripheral parents, the mousy scribe - there's a sweet sister-brother bond here, on a par with the better John Hughes youth- pandering flicks. [4 Oct 1990, p.3D]
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Orlando SentinelGreg DawsonJun 28, 2013
Season 1 Review: The result, to borrow a phrase from that generation, is totally bogus. But not totally without merit, due to a cast, headed by Shannen Doherty, that's generally better than the material. [4 Oct 1990, p.E1]
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San Diego Union-TribuneRobert P. LaurenceJun 28, 2013
Season 1 Review: It is based on the assumption, so common among show-biz people who meet each other for lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel, that they are not only the cultural center of the Western world, but the envy of everybody who is not part of their glittery ZIP code. The whole production just reeks of L.A. smugness. [4 Oct 1990, p.C-11]