Eastwick
ABC | Release Date: September 23, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
12
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: The pilot represents a polished product that neatly introduces an array of characters and establishes Eastwick as a project with no small measure of potential. As for how well that's realized, as they say, the devil is in the details. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyTim Stack
Season 1 Review: Eastwick is not much more than fanciful fluff, but the chemistry between the likable trio and Gross proves bewitching. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineKatherine Stevens
Season 1 Review: For those who miss the romantic entanglements of Lipstick Jungle or long for an adult fairy tale free of vampires, Eastwick is the place to be. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
Season 1 Review: Over the course of the premiere episode, [Paul] Gross grew on me, as did the show itself. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesPaige Wiser
Season 1 Review: The actors are good, the writing's fine, and it's pleasant enough to watch. It's just that it all adds up to a series of pale imitations. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterRandee Dawn
Season 1 Review: A breezy, bright trip to the dark side in which star Rebecca Romijn's hair magically stays well-coiffed and Paul Gross has a devil of a time making his smoky tones not recall Jack Nicholson's in the movie. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: It is something less than magical, but it's pleasant and pretty and easy to watch. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: If not for the impish, unpredictable charm of Paul Gross, who plays the mysterious Darryl Van Horne, the pretty, superficial Eastwick might have fallen completely flat. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Overly precious and indifferently cast, this latest attempt to adapt John Updike's novel feels recycled and flat on every level. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: A slightly older version of "Charmed"? Um, yes. Into all of this potential mediocrity (fully realized, by the way), comes the masterstroke of casting the phenomenal Paul Gross as the devil. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Gross, who couldn't look (or act) less like Jack Nicholson and is the No. 1 reason you should run out right now and rent the Canadian series "Slings & Arrows," is a happy bit of casting that could add a little zing to this warmed-over dish. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Our gals will turn out to be witches, and while they are innocuously enjoyable (as well as hot), it's hard to imagine them generating enough magic to keep this show around very long. Read full review
42
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: This is a shame and a waste of three gorgeous actresses, a wonderful actor (Gross) and an idea that--with a little more wit, smarter writing and less soap--could have yielded a winner. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: There isn’t enough Jack Nicholson in Eastwick, and that is one of the main reasons to avoid this ABC adaptation of the 1987 movie “The Witches of Eastwick." Read full review
40
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: They carry on like mischievous scamps, and while they are fun to watch up to a point, the point is reached well before the shenanigans peter out. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: An odd tonal mix with uneven casting that never quite produces the intended magic, it feels like a misfire to me. Read full review
40
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: I don't exactly know what to say to [a quote from the Updike book], nor did the 1987 film adaptation starring Jack Nicholson, nor does the predictably bland and totally adequate Eastwick. Read full review
30
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: The show (which is shot on the old Stars Hollow set from "Gilmore Girls") seems like a WB show circa 2002--not one of the good ones, but a copy of a copy of a copy of one of the good ones. Read full review
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: The Eastwick characters are fairly generic types who are too bland and predictable to be involving. Read full review
20
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: After a few minutes in front of ABC's bewildering sorcery drama Eastwick, you may wish that Bewitched's Samantha would twitch her nose and make the whole thing disappear. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: The writing is uneven, so is the tone, and all put together, it's just not very engaging. Read full review
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