Rizzoli & Isles
TNT | Release Date: July 12, 2010
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
9
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJul 11, 2011
Season 2 Review: You can call Rizzoli & Isles glib and sometimes even silly, but you have to admit it's also fun. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: The familiar show, which is set in Boston but too clearly filmed elsewhere, adds in some romantic intrigue, as both Harmon and Alexander appear to be interested in the same FBI agent (Billy Burke). But the dominant theme on Rizzoli & Isles, as on "The Closer,'' is fighting crime and not fighting tears. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Rizzoli & Isles features a good dose of humor and a lean style of storytelling that's reflected in the fairly small core group with which we will apparently be working. Read full review
60
PopMattersCynthia Fuchs
Season 1 Review: Yes, Rizzoli & Isles is quick with cliches....[But] for all the stereotyping, it's hard to be mad at Angie Harmon. Read full review
60
Washington PostHank Stuever
Season 1 Review: It isn't brilliant television, but everyone in it seems to be giving it their all--even the corpses. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonJun 25, 2013
Season 4 Review: Even though it's season 4, there's something alarmingly off about the chemistry between titular crime-solvers Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Aside from the lurid nature of the crimes and some salty language, though, Rizzoli & Isles is just what the title sounds like--a place for second-hand goods at reasonable prices. Read full review
50
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: In the absence of an arcing narrative, the series wants us to accept as its mission of suspense the mystery of this crypto drag-king-meets-shopaholic friendship. Read full review
40
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: The series' approach to violence against woman is the only complex thing about it. Otherwise, you cannot even call Rizzoli & Isles run of the mill, it being that mills usually run more smoothly. Read full review
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