It Gets Better
LOGO | MTV - Music Television | Release Date: February 21, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenFeb 21, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's a sensitive, one-hour portrait of three teens: one gay, one lesbian, one transgender. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandFeb 21, 2012
Season 1 Review: A single film about three young people won't, by itself, make a universal happy ending for every troubled LGBT kid in the United States. But it's doing its job if it reaches just one of them. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryFeb 21, 2012
Season 1 Review: The kids' concerns and apprehensions feel poignant and real. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyFeb 21, 2012
Season 1 Review: The premise of It Gets Better, that life improves dramatically after high school for gay teenagers, is tempered by the tacit acknowledgement that before then, it can get pretty bad. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardFeb 22, 2012
Season 1 Review: MTV's documentary series "True Life" has walked this territory before with far more compelling subjects. Read full review
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