Criminal Minds
CBS | Paramount+ | Release Date: September 22, 2005
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
15
Negative:
8

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: Patinkin looks especially unnatural in these scenes — just give that man a song to sing, I say, and let him do what he was born to. Read full review
30
PopMattersMarco Lanzagorta
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, Criminal Minds confuses critical thinking with supernatural abilities. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: "Criminal Minds," which generates almost no creative energy of its own, has the aura - or is it odor? - of being patched together from scraps of failed CBS dramas of the past. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Everything about Criminal is patched together from other shows, from the FBI setting to the tired visual gimmickry. Read full review
20
Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
Season 1 Review: Big talent meets weak script and every TV crime cliche known to prime time. Read full review
12
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: A slick 'n' grim crime procedural piled high with deadly dull cliches Read full review
10
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: CBS' crummiest imitation of CSI yet. Read full review
10
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: The whole project feels salaciously sleazy, unless you're enjoying the proceedings, in which case it's juicily depraved. Read full review
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