ABC | Release Date: September 20, 1996
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
9
Negative:
4
60
Orlando SentinelHal BoedekerMay 20, 2014
Season 1 Review: Fans of the movie should beware. Tonight's opener feels like a vague replay of the film. [20 Sept 1996, p.E1]
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRobert BiancoMay 20, 2014
Season 1 Review: The painfully blank Blanchard may look like Silverstone, but she has none of her flair or personality. It's like watching a copy of a copy of a copy. All she does is make you appreciate how good Silverstone was in the original. [20 Sept 1996, p.28]
50
USA TodayMatt RoushMay 20, 2014
Season 1 Review: It's slight, but sweet. Maybe that's all that's necessary. [20 Sept 1996, p.3D]
50
Detroit Free PressMike DuffyMay 20, 2014
Season 1 Review: It's unfortunate that while Clueless looks fabulous, much of the fizzy comic energy of the film's bright teenybopper satire has been lost. [20 Sept 1996, p.9D]
50
Chicago Sun-TimesLon GrahnkeMay 20, 2014
Season 1 Review: Blanchard was witless and charmless in the original -- and so far unaired -- pilot program. But her performance as pampered Cher has improved in "As If a Girl's Reach Should Exceed Her Grasp,' tonight's debut episode. [20 Sept 1996, p.39]
50
Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachMay 20, 2014
Season 1 Review: Cute, but frothy, and not nearly as charming as it thinks it is (or as the movie was). Rachel Blanchard tries as Cher, but she's no Alicia Silverstone...This one could grow on you, but I doubt it. [20 Sept 1996, p.8E]
40
Dallas Morning NewsManuel MendozaMay 20, 2014
Season 1 Review: The insights, the connections to Jane Austen's Emma are lost in this watered-down version. As if! [19 Sept 1996, p.1C]