Downsized
WE | WE - Women's Entertainment | WE tv | Release Date: November 6, 2010
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65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyDec 10, 2010
Season 1 Review: Very often, reality-show participants stop seeming like real people, as if being on TV makes them abstract characters. [Daughter] Bailey's bad moment here makes Downsized feel painfully real. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyDec 10, 2010
Season 1 Review: It's impossible not to root for the Bruce family. But it's just as hard not to dread the series's success. Read full review
80
Washington PostHank StueverDec 10, 2010
Season 1 Review: There's a tender and no-nonsense tenor to it, which is a welcome switch from most of reality TV's junky tropes. Read full review
67
NewsdayVerne GayDec 10, 2010
Season 1 Review: You can't help realizing that just by the act of taping a reality show, the Bruces--all nine of them--are already employed in a job, albeit a temporary one. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardDec 10, 2010
Season 1 Review: Many of the scenes with the teens seem staged, especially tonight's climax. Still, the Bruces aren't anything like the delusional couples who populate Bravo's "Housewives" shows. This is a functioning family trying to survive a dysfunctional time. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf SmithDec 10, 2010
Season 1 Review: [Why do] The husbands come across as total bums? Not just because of the way they lounge around all day moaning about how hard (sniff) it is (sniff) not to be able to provide for their family. They dress like bums, too. Read full review
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Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardAug 16, 2011
Season 2 Review: Stepfather Todd reacts to news of the family's fifth car by reasoning that since they don't have enough parking spaces, the only solution is to buy a home. And we're off and running to the poor house. Again. Read full review
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