Hart of Dixie
The CW | CW | Release Date: September 26, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyJessica ShawSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: This show, which reunites the undeniably charming Bilson with The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz, is a goodie that mixes heartstring-tugging moments with lines like this: "There it is. Rock bottom. I just played 'Dixie' with my butt." Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan StormSep 13, 2011
Season 1 Review: There are no twins, reality stars, or vampires, er, witches, but you're not alone in thinking that's the most preposterous concept of all. Surprisingly, cast and crew succeed in making the sugary sweet illogic palatable, if not a gourmet delight. Read full review
67
HitfixAlan SepinwallSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: It's a good cast, and Porter in particular works very well with Bilson. The show just needs to find a way to transcend both formula and Southern stereotypes. Read full review
67
Uncle BarkyEd BarkSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: It goes down pretty easy if you'd like to set down for a spell with a disarmingly pleasant little down-home melodrama. Read full review
60
Zap2it (Inside the Box)David EcksteinSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: There are parts of Hart of Dixie that need addressing. The pace lags at certain points. And some of the characters, sometimes even Bilson, are more like caricatures. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleySep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: The setup sometimes feels as airy as an Alabama breeze, but most of us will like the characters, and that provides some grits, er, grit, as well as a decent set of legs. Read full review
50
NewsdayDiane WertsSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: I did catch enough of "Hart of Dixie" to tell it's formula absurdity for the "princess" demographic of magical thinkers who now imagine being lifesaving doctors as well as rescued royals. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: Hart of Dixie is a stack of familiar scenarios stitched together to form a pretty if not terribly substantial quilt, of the sort Zoe encounters in Bluebell. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 23, 2011
Season 1 Review: The show is cozy, predictable, comfortable and, like a good ole' huntin' dog, not in need of serious housebreaking. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: Perhaps with more attention to concrete character details and less reliance on silly stereotypes, Hart of Dixie will manage to grow into a show that does not provoke multiple fits of eye rolling. Read full review
40
PopMattersKate DriesSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: Hart of Dixie doesn't look to be much more than what you'd unfortunately expect. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: If you're looking for some sentimental lesson-learning, the wafer-light Hart of Dixie may fill an hour for you. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: Watching Hart of Dixie is like mainlining praline. Your mind will rot before your teeth do. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian LowrySep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: This CW show is so silly and lightweight it might possess unexpected appeal for its sheer camp factor, as well as the opportunity to see the South depicted as a place as exotic as the dark side of the moon. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 22, 2011
Season 1 Review: The smart way to go would be to turn this mess into a savvy comedy, but that may be asking too much. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert BiancoSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: Meryl Streep would have trouble making Gerstein's never-been-there, never-done-that creation sound anything but ludicrous. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklSep 22, 2011
Season 1 Review: What follows is a silly, youth-oriented CW drama packaged as a fish-out-of-water yarn. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertSep 12, 2011
Season 1 Review: What demotes it from a C to a D is some of the laziest plot setups ever, as well as the dumbing down of "Friday Night Lights" alums Porter and Cress Williams. Read full review
10
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinSep 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: Funny and talented, she [Rachel Bilson] tries painfully hard to make the show work and occasionally comes close to overcoming some of the worst writing since Gutenberg invented movable type. Read full review
0
Washington PostHank StueverSep 16, 2011
Season 1 Review: Hart of Dixie is basically "Northern Exposure" dumbed down to a nanoscopic scale. Read full review
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