Dirty Sexy Money
ABC | Release Date: September 26, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
5
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: Stylized, soapy, silly, it's one of the most interesting shows this fall. [12 Oct 2007, p.64]
80
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Dirty Sexy Money lives up to its name. Read full review
80
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: As messy as it sounds, the cast is good, the show looks great and the executive producer is Greg Berlanti, a writer whose recent track record ("Everwood," "Jack & Bobby," "Brother & Sisters") is unmatched. Read full review
80
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: You don't usually encounter the words "smart" and "soap" in close proximity, but this is one of those exceptions. Read full review
80
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Dirty Sexy Money has everything you could hope for in a nighttime soap: a stellar cast, lush interiors, catfights, affairs, parties and jewels. Read full review
80
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: Good thing is, this ABC hour lives up (down?) to its name, arriving as a wacky/kinky escapist saga of screwed-up rich folks and the down-to-earth family attorney/fixer hired to sort out their shenanigans. Read full review
80
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: A great first hour gets this comedic drama off to a fine start. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: Anchored by the sensible sensitivity of Nick, Dirty Sexy goes over the top and back again, as brightly fun and cheesy as a carnival ride. Read full review
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: The characters are engaging in their varying degrees of awfulness, and there appears to be plenty of story fodder for years to come. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Dirty Sexy is right on the money. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicRandy Cordova
Season 1 Review: Dirty Sexy Money is filled with clever touches and neat subplots. Read full review
80
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: The excellent cast keeps drawing you back--especially Donald Sutherland as family patriarch Tripp Darling, whose evil glint makes even as benign a phrase as ''good morning'' sound like ''I'm going to put an ice pick through your eye.'' Even better is Krause's portrayal of Nick, layers of exasperation upon fascination upon temptation. Read full review
80
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: Krause could be hard to digest as the self-righteous Nate on "Six Feet Under," but he makes a fine, amusingly flustered straight man to the cast of eccentrics that Wright and producer Greg Berlanti have assembled. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 2 Review: Tonally, "Private Practice" has not found its sweet spot. Dirty Sexy Money, on the other hand, has. The soap opera fully owns its soapiness. Read full review
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: The show's ensemble cast -- which also includes Jill Clayburgh, William Baldwin and Samaire Armstrong ("Entourage") -- is pretty darn fabulous. And the entertaining result is sophisticated trash with stylish flash. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Everybody's having too much fun--and that will include the viewers. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: Dirty Sexy Money is compelling even when it's not, funny when you're not quite sure it should be, ridiculous in the strangest spots and ultimately addictive if, for no other reason, you want to watch more episodes to find out what kind of beast it is. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 2 Review: It is so over the top--in such a fantastically bad-taste way--and so out-there crazy, that tonight's episode (at least) is every bit as good as those old soaps. Read full review
75
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 2 Review: Its stripped-from-the-tabloids approach is nothing new, but it's well done, and a little familiarity won't hurt the show's chances. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 2 Review: Watching Nick (Peter Krause), family lawyer and honorary Darling, struggle to preserve his soul while fixing the family's messes is such fun you can almost forget the show's such a gaudy anachronism. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Peter Krause, who looks as if he's finally going to have at least a little fun for a change as he plays a character immersing himself, however reluctantly, in the world of the ultra-rich and ultra-irresponsible. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)John Leonard
Season 1 Review: Dirty Sexy Money so far lacks either Aaron Sorkin’s Gatling-gun wit or Alan Ball’s mordant mortuary humor.... That’s the bad news. The good news about Dirty Sexy Money is that we sorely require a show of its sort. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyTim Stack
Season 2 Review: The campy, trampy series still boasts one of the best ensembles on TV, although this overstuffed episode feels like the show might now be more aptly titled Crazy Sexy Money. Read full review
67
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 2 Review: Hilarious implausibility, overheated dialogue and enough soap to do several loads of laundry are part of its appeal. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Yet as often happens, tonight's premiere is far less than the sum of its parts. The tone shifts precariously from scene to scene, and Krause is too dull a presence here to tie the tones together. He has to serve as our entrant into this strange world, and in the pilot, he just seems disinterested. Read full review
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