Looking
HBO | Release Date: January 19, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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58
NewsdayVerne GayJan 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: Looking occupies some fuzzy ill-defined middle ground filled with uni-dimensional characters. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJan 7, 2015
Season 2 Review: [The balance between love and sex in the gay world] is a valuable and promising theme, more than worthy as a foundation for a show about contemporary gay life, but it needs to be explored through better writing and deeper character development, and without the predictable cliches that rattle like Muni’s F line through the six episodes of Looking that were sent to critics. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJan 21, 2014
Season 1 Review: Looking might be the most provocative series of 2014. It’s just not original or memorable. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJan 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: Never as heightened or melodramatic as Queer as Folk (British and Showtime versions), Looking also isn't terribly distinctive and is only sporadically engaging. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyJan 10, 2014
Season 1 Review: Looking has a premium-cable mandate to be daring, and is indeed sexually unbound. But almost everything else, including dialogue, plotting and humor, is muffled. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeChristopher MutherJan 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: Looking isn’t just disappointing, it’s infuriating. Looking offers one hopelessly out-of-date idea about gay life after another.... All of that said, Looking is still a unique moment in gay television. Read full review
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