Bunheads
ABC Family | Release Date: June 11, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York PostLinda StasiJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: It just feels like nothing else you've seen on TV. Read full review
83
NewsdayDiane WertsJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Bunheads seems to know exactly what it's doing. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyDec 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's worth the effort to figure out what this offbeat cast of characters is up to. Read full review
80
SalonWilla PaskinJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Bunheads pilot is largely a a showcase for Sherman-Palladino's best stylistic and thematic trademarks. Read full review
80
SlateTroy PattersonJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: It offers memorable looks at rehearsals, auditions, ballet-company competitions, and dreams of names in lights. Read full review
80
VarietyBrian LowryJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Sherman-Palladino's snappy banter and slightly melancholy characters only enrich the texture of a series perfectly pitched between comedy and drama. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonAug 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: A show that is beautiful and sweet, funny and touching. Read full review
75
HitfixAlan SepinwallJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: If it's not exactly "Gilmore Girls 2: Acoustic Boogaloo," it's close enough to be reassuring--and, on occasion, distracting. Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom GliattoJun 7, 2012
Season 1 Review: Gilmore creator Amy Sherman-Palladino gives her actors a zip drive's worth of dialogue....Foster's got the mouth--and charm--to pull it off. [18 Jun 2012, p.43]
70
PopMattersChris ConatonJan 7, 2013
Season 1 Review: At last, Sasha is less a collection of TV teenager tropes and more convincingly a Sherman-Palladino creation. Read full review
70
Denver PostJoanne OstrowJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Bunheads hasn't quite found its footing, but shows great promise thanks more to the cast and crew than to the initial hour. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's a sweet summer treat. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: I don't know if the show I thought I was watching is actually the show she intends to make. But I'm willing to stick around to find out. Read full review
70
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: The relationships that are sketched out in the first hour are promising. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJon CaramanicaJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: As on "Gilmore Girls" there's a sense that a place, if peaceful enough, can redeem the people within. Read full review
70
TimeJames PoniewozikJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: The premise is different from Gilmore but the theme of starting over, the snappy dialogue and the offbeat charm are very similar. Read full review
70
Washington PostHank StueverJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: While it's not perfect, Bunheads is a happy find, a ray of authenticity on a summer TV schedule filled with so much artificial light. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 7, 2012
Season 1 Review: Bunheads feels like it's taking shape but hasn't coalesced in its first episode. But what it does get right is the introduction of characters from whom a lot of potential stories can flow. Read full review
67
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Bunheads has the potential to have that cross-generational appeal. To thrive, the series must find its own tune to dance to. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJun 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Bunheads will take some work and it could just as easily become either annoying or likable. Read full review
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