Raines

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 15, 2007
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 26
  3. Negative: 4 out of 26
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Critic Reviews

  1. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    60
    As close-ended procedurals go, "Raines" certainly offers an intriguing hook, but I'm not sure it's one with much staying power.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    60
    This is a series for people with a reasonably high TV IQ, but not a particularly challenging formula.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Paul Brownfield
    60
    The show... doesn't seem to be aiming for anything higher than a comfortable middle ground, bypassing a chance to watch Goldblum send up our preconceived idea of Goldblum.
  5. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    60
    One thing's for sure: Raines is weird.
  6. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    60
    All of this might seem silly if it weren't for Mr. Goldblum.
  7. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    50
    An average, unoriginal series.
  8. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    50
    Goldblum has a commanding presence that may overcome the ho-hum storylines and overdone talking-ghost motif.
  9. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    50
    It's a hallucinatory riff on an old noir tradition (is Raines being played for a sap by his own daydreams?), but the gimmick doesn't click. [19 Mar 2007, p.39]
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  10. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    50
    "Raines" is one of those shows that are enjoyable time wasters if you don't know what else is available.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    50
    The hallucination conceit is strange but not necessarily horrible.... The problem with “Raines” is that it tries too hard to be too many things at once.
  12. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    50
    Nothing really wrong with Raines, but not much reason to watch, either.
  13. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: John Leonard
    50
    The show seems to take forever to get anywhere.
  14. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Alynda Wheat
    42
    [It] makes Los Angeles look as dreary and sluggish as Goldblum's performance. [16 Mar 2007, p.65]
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Awards & Rankings

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#59 Best TV Season of 2007
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#34 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 65 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 65
  3. Negative: 5 out of 65
  1. SusanL.
    Mar 1, 2008
    9
    "I see dead people." Crime victims, that is. Nobody does smart flakiness like Jeff Goldblum. I hope they bring it back.
  2. RoryO.
    Nov 27, 2007
    9
    Original. Believable. Easy to follow. Characters keep you very interested. Unable to guess the ending. WHERE DID IT GO? Bring it back or I Original. Believable. Easy to follow. Characters keep you very interested. Unable to guess the ending. WHERE DID IT GO? Bring it back or I could end up television set.… Full Review »
  3. pamh.
    Aug 26, 2007
    10
    awesome show - intriguing - something unique! please please please renew it!
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