Huge
ABC Family | Release Date: June 28, 2010
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Huge, a new series about overweight teens at a weight-loss camp, starts tonight, and I couldn't be happier if I'd just discovered calorie-free potato chips. Read full review
83
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: Huge looks and feels like a show that knows what it's talking about. Read full review
80
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Huge is one big circle of adolescent longing, and Holz-man and Dooley manage to find the pathos in the situation without condescending or going for cheap laughs at their characters' expense. Read full review
80
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: Huge imparts lessons while avoiding the tenor of an instructional, and in many ways it feels like a hybrid of two distinct eras of adolescent television, one marked by a heartfelt languor and the other by a media-fluent sarcasm. Read full review
80
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Huge is the latest addition to ABC Family's collection of shows targeted to tween and teen girls. Based on the two episodes I've seen so far, it's also one of the best, full of believable characters. Read full review
80
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: The clever, engaging script and Blonsky's performance--plus the refreshing idea of a teen drama not entirely populated by assembly-line pinups--promise a summer diversion with a little more than usual dramatic meat on its bones. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: This appealing and emotionally engaging series about life in a weight-loss summer camp comes with high expectations Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: This is a carefully assembled, emotionally attuned drama about obese teens stuck in a summer weight-loss camp.
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: It's not a perfect show--a romance blooms too early and easily between Amber and a counselor, the soundtrack is more present than it needs to be and some moments tip from poignant to overwrought. But the richness of the characters and the story make it easy to overlook the flaws. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: We're going to need a few episodes, though, to see whether the awkwardness will disappear, or if the show wants it to. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterRandee Dawn
Season 1 Review: Huge gets the details right, but the bigger picture can seem forced, with coincidence and pat resolutions. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: It seems like a typical, sometimes plodding teen soap. Read full review
40
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: If you can tolerate one more word on the beaten-senseless subject of weight loss, then, and you don't mind hearing generic cliches yet again, you could conceivably become a Huge fan before the summer is over. Read full review
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