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Mar 24, 2023
Season 7 Review:
The coming episodes will undoubtedly unravel in a typically outrageous manner that only this series is capable of—a manner, it must be said, that will be sorely missed when this final season concludes. For now, we get to enjoy Riverdale at the height of its powers, gorgeous, goofy, brilliant, and absolutely bananas. In other words: television at its most swell.
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Mar 29, 2023
Season 7 Review:
Season 7’s first three episodes are a love letter to everything that’s come before, and a love letter to those who have stuck around long enough to see the series come to its proper end. ... Its final season’s daring choices and unabashed playfulness signifies the beginning of a wonderful final chapter.
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Jan 5, 2017
Season 1 Review:
It’s a real high-wire act, blending teen soap, a murder mystery, biting humor and a beloved franchise. But Aguirre-Sacasa and uber-producer Greg Berlanti (who, with NBC’s Blindspot and The CW’s superhero lineup, seemingly has the magic touch these days) manage it all in surprisingly nimble fashion.
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Jan 26, 2017
Season 1 Review:
It’s certainly a bit jarring in the way it presents its new take on Riverdale, which includes having a character gawk that “Archie got hot!” (especially since that statement is true). But it also skillfully embraces both the absurdity of its premise and the inherent drama of the soap opera genre, and the result is just self-aware enough to be truly juicy.
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Jan 23, 2017
Season 1 Review:
A darker, more complex reimagining of the Archie universe. Did I say dark? Let's add moody, murky and, at times, creepy. It also is surprisingly engaging, thanks in no small measure to the winning performances of KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge and Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper.
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IndieWireJan 26, 2017
Season 1 Review:
This is not a time for nostalgic innocence. This is a time for staring right into the face of how dark and nasty the world can be. And TV has always been a medium where, given the opportunity, all possibilities are there. For many, Riverdale might be an acquired taste. But there’s plenty to chew on here.
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Jan 20, 2017
Jan 26, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Though Riverdale works a bit too hard to shake off the wholesomely corny elements of vintage Archie comics, the show is a savvy teen melodrama, with high school characters whose wised-up-beyond-their-years attitudes may remind us of the early days of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Glee" and the movie, "Mean Girls."
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Jan 25, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The early episodes get better the deeper they delve into the murder mystery, despite false notes like members of a biker gang who look like extras from “Grease.” If the tone is not yet consistent, the aesthetic is, a strong sign that Riverdale knows what it wants to be. The terrific art direction warps the bubble-gum iconography into something haunting and lurid.
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Jan 24, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Riverdale shows off a heightened visual look that sometimes calls to mind “Pushing Daisies” in its ambition. Whether it can maintain that high level of production design, we’ll see, but in its early episodes, Riverdale positions itself as one of the more ambitious teen dramas to come along in several years.
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Uncle BarkyJan 25, 2017
ColliderOct 9, 2018
Season 3 Review:
Riverdale has never known quite what to do with its milquetoast hero (other than have him be shirtless as often as possible) and this storyline does not appear to be remedying that--unless, as was mentioned, they’re ultimately getting rid of him. ... At least the show has Betty and Jughead around to be awesome together. They are definitely worth tuning in for, and there is potential for a few other storylines to blossom into some strong material as well.
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UPROXXJan 25, 2017
Season 1 Review:
It boldly commits to its campy, overcast aesthetic--and it’s here I’ll note that I’m not naturally inclined toward teen melodrama, but can be drawn in if the execution’s great enough (like The O.C., or Everwood, whose creator Greg Berlanti is an executive producer here)--while struggling at times to turn its characters from archetypes into individuals.
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TV Guide MagazineJan 13, 2017
Season 1 Review:
This perversely compelling mystery melodrama has echoes of Twin Peaks and even 90210. [16-29 Jan 2017, p.17]
Jan 23, 2017
Jan 24, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Everyone, it seems, has a secret in Riverdale, and in the first four episodes of the series, some of those secrets are too conveniently revealed as new ones are loaded into the script to keep the momentum going. There’s minimal credibility here, but that doesn’t torpedo the show.
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Jan 26, 2017
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