Justice (2006)
FOX | Release Date: August 30, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
15
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
People WeeklyJennifer Wulff
Season 1 Review: With sharp camera work, pulsating music and no tedious, gimme-an-Emmy closeups, it's like CSI at warp speed. [4 Sep 2006, p.41]
80
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: The premiere suggests that Bruckheimer has added to his lustrous record in crime: He's guilty of being outrageously entertaining again. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: All the bases are covered, and if that doesn't make for the most inventive show, it makes for a quite watchable one. [1 Sep 2006, p.61]
75
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: The larger problem with Justice it that allows the plot to bury the characters. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: At the root, this is essentially Perry Mason redux, only the vibe is less ’50s genteel murder mystery than 21st-century shock and awe. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: Jerry Bruckheimer's latest fun-to-watch procedural. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Fox's strongest newcomer this season. Read full review
70
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: A dazzling and gripping crime drama. Read full review
60
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: Like all the Bruckheimer procedurals... you know what you're getting from the jump: solid but unspectacular acting and storytelling that will leave you satisfied without rocking your world. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: The pieces may be familiar, but there are enough new elements that prevent this series from feeling like a total rip-off. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: Despite the intense look at the legal process, the show moves quickly. Read full review
60
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: [It] makes defense work look as sexy as anything on the high-tech "CSI." Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Imagine what “Boston Legal” would look like if Jerry Bruckheimer were in charge instead of David E. Kelley. Read full review
60
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Despite its jittery camerawork and souped-up graphics, "Justice" is just a reasonably well-made, meat-and-potatoes lawyer show. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalDorothy Rabinowitz
Season 1 Review: "Justice" chugs along nicely, its plots gratifyingly tense, its dialogue sharp and uncluttered. Read full review
60
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: Justice's legal cases are not especially shocking or original, and the supporting characters are empty suits. But it's fascinating to watch for its style. Read full review
50
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: "Justice" is slick, fast-paced and stylish, with enough twists to separate it from the glut of shows in its genre. But it's also one of the most extraordinarily cynical shows to come along in some time. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: With the unvarnished truth dangling like a carrot before a carthorse, there's ample reason for crime-show junkies to cling to "Justice," although some mysteries will be more worth seeing through to the end than others. Read full review
50
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: "Justice" offers slick, efficiently produced whodunit escapism without a whit of real originality or dramatic spontaneity. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: The format is what carries the day. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: The real problem with "Justice" is that the series is very average. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: For all its apparent technical accuracy and some real-world name-dropping, "Justice" feels no more lifelike than "Perry Mason." Read full review
40
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: While neither awful nor even particularly bad, there is an earnest silliness to the whole thing. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: I'm not positive, but I think "Justice" is terrible, at least the first episode. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Tonight's new Fox courtroom drama series, "Justice," has plenty of [gimmicks]. What it doesn't have, though, is a persuasive reason to watch. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: All sizzle and no steak, producer Jerry Bruckheimer's latest hour occasionally feels like a parody of courtshows, what with its hyperactive pace, pointless "CSI"-type visual bells and whistles and misdirected premise depicting high-priced defense attorneys as semi-good guys. Read full review
30
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: [It] often sounds less like a television drama than a Criminal Procedures 101 lecture delivered at an offshore law school. Read full review
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