Teen Wolf
MTV | MTV - Music Television | Release Date: June 5, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
SlateTroy PattersonJun 3, 2011
Season 1 Review: The very special scheduling is one of several ways the network has been signaling that it means serious business with this light and passably witty supernatural drama. Read full review
60
The New York TimesGinia BellafanteJun 3, 2011
Season 1 Review: Yes, boys and girls, Teen Wolf has more to say than "Jersey Shore." Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 3, 2011
Season 1 Review: As with any pilot, there are questions about whether the show's initially strong production values and special effects will remain high quality in subsequent episodes. And it remains to be seen how the characters and their relationships will develop. But at least Teen Wolf puts its best foot, er, paw forward. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryJun 6, 2011
Season 1 Review: The series generally gets the mood right but proves miserly in the details, from fleeting glimpses of the werewolf to Scott's eventual moon dance, which leaves him looking too much like Eddie Munster. Read full review
50
HitfixAlan SepinwallJun 3, 2011
Season 1 Review: This is a pretty by-the-numbers blend of teen angst and horror. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJun 3, 2011
Season 1 Review: It is billed as scarier and sexier than the lighthearted film series. It is that, but still plays it safer than, say, "Vampire Diaries" or the "Twilight" films. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJun 2, 2011
Season 1 Review: MTV's scripted choices so far, including "Skins" and "The Hard Times of RJ Berger," have been interesting but ultimately disappointing. And Teen Wolf, so bland from the get-go, doesn't promise to change that streak. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJun 6, 2011
Season 1 Review: As a Michael Fox-loving member of the demographic it targeted, I most certainly saw the 1985 film "Teen Wolf," but I don't remember much save it was a comedy and not very good. Teen Wolf, which premieres Sunday night on MTV, is also one of those two things and it is not a comedy. Read full review
40
Washington PostHank StueverJun 3, 2011
Season 1 Review: Teen Wolf bounds so wildly between its main plot points that I began to wonder if my press copy of the show had skipped some scenes or if they'd been assembled out of order. Read full review
40
TimeJames PoniewozikJun 3, 2011
Season 1 Review: You might watch Teen Wolf and find a diverting if familiar, brooding teen drama, and that's fine. I found myself watching it and thinking: I want my MTV. Read full review
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