The Carrie Diaries
The CW | CW | Release Date: January 14, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
8
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
PopMattersMarisa LaScalaJan 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: The rest of the show goes on to prize sweetness over superficiality. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJan 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: We've seen all the parts of this story before, and frankly, we've seen them told better. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJan 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: AnnaSophia Robb is appealing enough in the title role, but Monday's first episode starts to sag from all the CW-ian title character narration and overall pop tune heaviness. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJan 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: It's a sweet, somewhat bland portrait of an Everygirl coming of age in suburban Connecticut in the 1980s, dealing with the class Heathers--here, they're Donna LaDonna and the two Jens--and crushing on the cutie transfer student with long blond hair. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJan 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: The CW series that takes "Sex and the City" fashionista and sexual anthropologist Carrie Bradshaw all the way back to 1984 Connecticut, and high school, the fit's a little off. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryJan 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: The '80s setting does allow the show to be more frank in tackling issues like sex and drugs, but other than that, the premiere deals in typical teenage girl stuff, the sort one can find in any number of ABC Family shows. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJan 11, 2013
Season 1 Review: Writer Amy B. Harris has crafted a clever, credible script, carefully adding a few veiled life lessons within the witty dialogue: One of the girls will learn that hooking up with a boy you think you love may not always end in happily ever after. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike HaleJan 14, 2013
Season 1 Review: The memory of how that touchstone HBO show, at its best, wrapped heartbreak and satire in high comic style makes the ordinariness of The Carrie Diaries a little more disappointing than it would be otherwise. Read full review
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