Runaway
The CW | CW | Release Date: September 25, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
11
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: If "Runaway" is a harbinger of things to come, it, er, harbinges very well indeed! Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale
Season 1 Review: A good and likable cast combine with thoughtful writing to make this family/thriller (a new genre?) worth watching. Read full review
70
Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
Season 1 Review: Think The Fugitive meets Beverly Hills 90210 done dark and brooding. Read full review
70
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: This is an intriguing blend of The Fugitive and The O.C.: half suspense and half intergenerational melodrama. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: Just two episodes in, and this series threatens to rattle down the wrong track. [6 Oct 2006, p.60]
63
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: You go on the lam, and you find Laguna Beach. [2 Oct 2006, p.45]
63
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: It's one of those midlevel, decently entertaining dramas you're most inclined to watch when nothing else in the time slot excites you. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Yes, it's "Fugitive ... With Children." But "Runaway"... actually is pretty good, mostly because this family doesn't always get along. Read full review
60
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: If it keeps its balance and cuts back on some of the more implausible moments in the first hour, this series could be a keeper. Read full review
60
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: Minor but deftly done. Read full review
60
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: "Runaway" is decent, the kind of show some might acknowledge as pretty good while saying, in the next breath, that it probably wouldn't make it. Read full review
60
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: The opening episode is solidly done and pretty entertaining. But a fifth season of "Everwood" would have been a much better fit in the time slot following "7th Heaven." Read full review
60
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: For adults, the thing plays a little like Fox's Prison Break. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: The real pleasure lies in the adjustment problems of a seemingly normal suburban family leading a terrifying secret life. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: We've seen this on-the-lam material many times before, and it offers very familiar family tensions. Read full review
40
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: Runaway is neither credible nor exciting. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: "Runaway" is no "Everwood," which featured complex characters and an exploration of social issues. "Runaway" is far more pedestrian -- "The Fugitive" with a family -- but it may not be any better of a fit with its lead-in "7th Heaven." Read full review
40
VarietyPhil Gallo
Season 1 Review: As much as the direction and writing capture appropriate tension in the pilot, they allow it to go slack in the second [episode]. Read full review
40
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: "Runaway" is passable as far as it goes, which, despite its title, isn’t very far. Read full review
38
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: One of those series that looks great on paper but ends up less-than-thrilling on the screen. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: "Runaway" isn't offensively awful. It's passively poor. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: At times, things veer so far off center that running from the feds seems like a distraction from the more important story of teen romance and angst, just another annoyance like a sudden zit or a dropped call. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: "Runaway" begs your interest (who doesn't like a road trip story, even when the Feds aren't on your tail?) before fading for lack of energy, not to mention originality. Read full review
30
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: "Runaway" is like a Frankenstein's monster stitched together from pieces of dead shows from both networks. Read full review
20
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: It's slow. It's dull. It's listless. Read full review
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