Kidnapped
NBC | Release Date: September 20, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
Season 1 Review: The most tautly written of all the new serialized dramas. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: A superbly constructed and unpredictable tale of intrigue and mystery. Read full review
80
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Thanks to a top-notch cast and unusually intelligent writing, "Kidnapped" is among the more promising of many new shows that pay homage to the granddaddy of the current suspense boom, "24." Read full review
80
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: The opener has been smoothly filmed, but the second episode supplies personal angles that deepen Kidnapped and suggest its potential. Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: It's a gripper. [25 Sep 2006, p.43]
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: Darkly gripping. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: After each of the first two hours of "Kidnapped," you're eager to learn what happens next. In any TV series, that's a good sign. In a serialized drama, it's crucial - and "Kidnapped" makes it look easy. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: All in all, it's a good show. The problem, however, is the retreaded storyline. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: Tonight's pilot has a film quality to it and the narrative flow is both intriguing and unexpected. Read full review
70
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: The show doesn't look as if it will get too complex for its own good, the mystery has an internal logic that works and, best of all, there are moments... that suggest the creators are constructing some real flesh-and-blood characters. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: In addition to a less convoluted story, "Kidnapped" bests "Vanished" with its high-sheen cast. Read full review
70
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: Sleek, action-packed and heavy on the acting talent. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: "Kidnapped" is stylishly executed TV brain food, a little too moody for its own good but otherwise fine pulp. Read full review
70
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: "Kidnapped" plays out like a point-by-point criticism of everything "Vanished" gets wrong. Read full review
70
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: Yes, there have been some valid questions about TV's recent embrace of the serial. (Too many? Will people stay tuned?) "Kidnapped" feels so fresh that viewers won't even care. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: An emotionally grounded thriller that might just spirit you away. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Great cast and intriguing storytelling may get viewers, and, more important, network honchos, hooked. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: “Kidnapped,” which is filmed with a keener intelligence [than "Jericho"] and elegant restraint, focuses on a much smaller catastrophe and finds more to say. Read full review
70
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: For what it is, it's an extremely accomplished piece of work -- unsettling in ways that few suspense thrillers manage to be. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyNicholas Fonseca
Season 1 Review: In a TV landscape bloated with serialized, surprise-a-minute thrillers, it'll take more than a sparkly thespian roster to keep viewers interested. [22 Sep 2006, p.89]
60
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: "Kidnapped," which gives us a frequently riveting story populated by intriguing, complex characters, is regular-grade TV trying too hard to be gourmet. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: It's good, but not quite inventive or mysterious enough to demand we swallow yet another serving of serial. Read full review
60
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: It's an all-around high-class production. And yet, after watching two episodes, I had much the same thought I did after seeing a few minutes in May: the show basically seems like a stretched-out Law & Order episode. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: A high-octane cast brings some promise to the show. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: You can easily imagine yourself settling in with Kidnapped for six, eight, maybe even 13 episodes. But 22? Sorry, no. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: Good cast. Nice narrative flow. But I don't quite care about this drama yet -- villains are too smart and heavyhanded, and tension is slack. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalDorothy Rabinowitz
Season 1 Review: For the time being it's a hard slog. Read full review
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