Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
  • Network: Lifetime
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 21, 2015
Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Nov 20, 2015
    70
    Overall, this is smart, solid whole-family entertainment, modest in its ambitions yet far above the run of made-for-TV holiday yuck you will be offered in the weeks ahead. And it has puppets.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Erik Adams
    Nov 20, 2015
    50
    Although Turkey Hollow’s long journey to the screen has rendered it into run-of-the-mill family fare, it earns a few points for genuine weirdness.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Nov 18, 2015
    50
    Turkey Hollow clearly trades on the Henson name, given how generic this story is. Nevertheless, it’s in keeping with the spirit of its namesake’s work, and represents a kind of gooey throwback to the days when networks regularly churned out such holiday specials.
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Nov 20, 2015
    40
    Turkey Hollow is spending most of the time laying foundation for a plot that really isn't complicated enough to justify the exposition.
  6. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Nov 19, 2015
    40
    Director Kirk Thatcher is saddled with a fairly dated concept--family in crisis finds salvation off the grid with magical woodland monsters--that might have worked as a one-hour special but feels stretched to fill the film’s two-hour running time.

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User Score
2.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 4 out of 7
  1. TheQuietGamer
    Dec 8, 2015
    7
    A bit of Thanksgiving weirdness. It's got a kid friendly vibe with enough humor and strange charm to make it better than the average LifetimeA bit of Thanksgiving weirdness. It's got a kid friendly vibe with enough humor and strange charm to make it better than the average Lifetime TV movie. No it's not complex. The story has many familiar elements and themes. However for all of it's simplicity and odd choices (Ludacris makes for an amusing, but oddly placed narrator) there's enough humorous and charming elements to make it worth a watch if you are in the mood for something (really) different around the Thanksgiving holiday.… Full Review »
  2. Dad3times
    Nov 29, 2015
    1
    Jim Henson would have given this presentation a D-; lousy! It was very poorly written; definitely far below Henson's standards. CharactersJim Henson would have given this presentation a D-; lousy! It was very poorly written; definitely far below Henson's standards. Characters and story were not developed. I give the writers a D for this; hope they came cheap; my kids could of written a better script.… Full Review »
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