Love in the Wild
NBC | Release Date: June 29, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Entertainment WeeklyJessica ShawJun 24, 2011
Season 1 Review: There is absolutely nothing remotely fresh about this dating show, which is essentially the unholy spawn of Bachelor Pad, Temptation Island, Survivor, and The Amazing Race. Does it matter? Hell no! Especially when there are contestants with names like Steele, raft challenges on crocodile-infested Costa Rican waters, and a reward love shack called the Oasis. [1 Jul 2011, p.68] Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJun 29, 2011
Season 1 Review: The individual interviews suggest the contestants here evoke about the normal amount of sympathy in find-a-mate shows. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayJun 28, 2011
Season 1 Review: Sure, it all looks and sounds achingly familiar and blandly dumb, and maybe some of it is. But check the brain at the door. You could do much worse. Read full review
50
PopMattersChris ConatonJun 5, 2012
Season 2 Review: In its first season, Love in the Wild was thoroughly mediocre. But any improvements this year are sadly negated by the presence of McCarthy. Read full review
50
People WeeklyTom GliattoJul 18, 2011
Season 1 Review: It's only fun, though, when the would-be mates turn on each other and the bat guano flies: Romancing the Stone morph into The War of the roses. [25 Jul 2011, p.40]
42
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJun 28, 2011
Season 1 Review: This is, however, one of those shows that a viewer easily can love to hate. And in that context, Love in the Wild is very well equipped to both go the distance and even be invited back next summer. Read full review
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The New York TimesGinia BellafanteJun 28, 2011
Season 1 Review: The series hardly tweaks the formula, though it does so just enough that the more generously inclined might claim that Love in the Wild is an effort at democratizing the reality dating show. Read full review
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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 29, 2011
Season 1 Review: Love in the Wild is undeniably a waste of time and brain cells. Read full review
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VarietyBrian LowryJun 29, 2011
Season 1 Review: Maybe central casting is wearing thin, but aside from being beautiful (naturally), there's not a personality in the bunch more interesting than the crocodiles, ants or bats on display. Read full review
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