Identity

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 18, 2006
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
22

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 7 out of 8

Critic Reviews

  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Katz
    58
    Penn Jillette can't pull off the illusion that he's as likable as Howie Mandel. [22 Dec 2006, p.75]
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  2. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    30
    Considering how hard people on shows like "Survivor" and "The Amazing Race" work for their prizes, there's something almost unseemly about giving people prizes for not much more than showing up.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    30
    “Identity” is to game shows what a gastric bypass is to dieting: a choice that defies convention and social niceties.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    25
    It's not good.
  6. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    10
    Problem is, the show is more comfortable with cliché than subtlety.
  7. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    10
    Now, you may be saying, "There he goes again, that elitist toad." But believe me, even Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Bill O'Reilly would think this show was stupid.
  8. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    10
    A degraded update of What's My Line?
  9. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    0
    One's first impression of "Identity" is likely to be that it is a miserably tedious mess, a reaction that probably will grow stronger the further one slogs into the Big Muddy that is the show.

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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 78 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 78
  3. Negative: 12 out of 78
  1. Scott
    Mar 19, 2007
    1
    excruciatingly boring
  2. [Anonymous]
    Mar 3, 2007
    8
    I enjoyed this and I'm glad they will be bringing it back. There were a few things that could be improved and hopefully they will do that.
  3. MaineMike
    Jan 14, 2007
    2
    I mean really...how tough is it reason out that the gal in the cowboy hat is a professional rodeo rider? Yet, we have to spend an I mean really...how tough is it reason out that the gal in the cowboy hat is a professional rodeo rider? Yet, we have to spend an excruciating amount of time listening to people reason through that. And, I wonder, how long it took to find contestants who couldn't recognize Bruce Jenner or the Beaver.… Full Review »
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