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Positive:
24
Mixed:
12
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews
Feb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Like Hugh Laurie's irascible "House" title character, star Ellen Pompeo's newly minted Dr. Grey conveys such substance that you simply can't stop watching. [25 March 2005, p.B33]
Feb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Grey's wants to offer something for everyone, it seems, and does an admirable job not only of mixing drama, comedy and romance, but also of mixing in issues of today's complicated world of science. [24 Mar 2005, p.47]
Mar 28, 2024
Season 20 Review:
The Grey’s cast has changed over the years, but the show has managed to stay familiar and retain so much of what makes it addictive. Time will tell if Pompeo’s absence diminishes what made this series the flagship of Shondaland, but for now, it’s off to a great start.
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The TelegraphMar 28, 2024
Season 20 Review:
It’s a heady mix of high-octane drama, racy romance and topical commentary – whether that’s this week’s AI critique, or the show’s unflinching look at the deadly fallout of the Roe v Wade decision. No wonder that this preposterously escapist but firmly progressive show, always a trailblazer thanks to its diverse cast and ambitious female characters, is a multi-generational favourite.
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Feb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The storytelling and dialogue are amusing, mildly touching and unpredictable...And Grey's Anatomy wins points for its cast, starting with Pompeo, who artfully combines brains, ambition, sexy good looks and glimpses of innocence. [25 March 2005, p.Zone3]
Mar 28, 2024
Season 20 Review:
Essentially, it’s Grey’s Anatomy as we’ve always known it: There’s complicated medical jargon being hurled around like nobody’s business, a series of highly improbable disasters taking place all around the hospital, and more than enough sexual tension and romance for viewers to get behind, too. [Here’s looking at you, Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) and Atticus Lincoln (Chris Carmack).] And, while we’ve yet to fall entirely in love with our new roster of interns (not that they subscribe to mononormative terms such as love, that is), we’re sure we will in time—especially when their collective fates are revealed in the last moments of the episode.
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Feb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review:
A familiar premise with fresh faces and equal doses of humor and pathos might be the right prescription for fans of the genre. [27 March 2005, p.039]
Dec 10, 2010
Season 7 Review:
Grey has been on long enough now that it has lost much of its erotic sizzle--McDreamy is edging toward Mcnappy--but the satisfyingly steady seventh season is a model of a hit that keeps fitting nee characters into the blueprint. [20 Dec 2010, p.41]
Feb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review:
If Grey's Anatomy falls short of being the next "ER," it's because it's too slickly produced. It comes with the kind of heart-tugging music and exquisitely lighted contemplative moments you might expect to see on, say, "The O.C." But the writing and acting, if not the staging, helped pull me through surgery. [26 March 2005, p.E3]
Feb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It's promising material, even if you rarely get to experience it without the sudden intrusion of a Counting Crows-like dirge or the strange sensation that Sarah Jessica Parker is wondering, in voice-over, whether she has what it takes to be a brain surgeon. [25 March 2005, p.E29]
Feb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The best thing about Grey's Anatomy is the way it homes in on what it feels like to be at a new job, with new pressures, competitive new colleagues, demanding bosses and one life-and-death situation after another. [25 March 2005, p.107]
Feb 20, 2013
Season 5 Review:
At some point, though, a program this reliant on workplace sexcapades begins to run out of combinations, and the writers haven't done much more to address the problem than pad on new layers of interns (starting with Meredith's younger sister, played by Chyler Leigh) to further confound things.
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Season 5 Review:
ABC's promise, a bold one, is "A New Beginning." That may be overstating what we see tonight, but at least we do get a brand-new guy for Sandra Oh's Cristina Yang to kiss. That's a good start. But as with any veteran show, some of the old mix-and-match gets redundant.
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Feb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review:
So far Grey's Anatomy is groping for a balance between over-the-top nuttiness and heartstring plucking drama; it lands awkwardly in the dram-edy category. If it would stop trying to be droll and ironic (this is no "Scrubs"), it just might make the cut. [27 March 2005, p.F01]
Feb 20, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It could use a trip to the O.R. to remove some formulaic stories, and a visit to the clinic for an injection of originality. [27 March 2005, p.H03]
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