Mockingbird Lane
NBC | Release Date: October 26, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
NewsdayVerne GayOct 23, 2012
Season 1 Review: Outrageous, eccentric, funny, campy--and too creepy for small kids. Read full review
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 26, 2012
Season 1 Review: Mockingbird Lane is funny, fanciful, a visual treat and, perhaps surprisingly, full of heart. Read full review
67
HitfixAlan SepinwallOct 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: Throughout the one-hour Mockingbird Lane pilot, it's easy to see why NBC wanted Fuller (with help from director Bryan Singer) to tackle this material, just as it's easy to see why his take scared them. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraOct 26, 2012
Season 1 Review: The sets are terrific, as are the costumes, and the rich and saturated moodiness of the production values makes the tepidness of the story all the more disappointing. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushOct 26, 2012
Season 1 Review: The hour-long pilot of Mockingbird Lane [is] a monster mash of a hot mess. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerOct 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: The gore is plentiful, the tone is inconsistent, and by the end only one thing is undeniably clear: Mockingbird Lane is a very different creature from "The Munsters." Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandOct 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: Fuller needs to sharpen the writing by throwing even more double entendres in for the grown-ups. All the parts are here- they just need to be put together correctly. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanOct 23, 2012
Season 1 Review: The hour goes by fairly quickly, but it's neither overtly scary nor overtly funny, and mixing those tones is very hard indeed. Read full review
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