The Hills
MTV | MTV - Music Television | Release Date: May 31, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: Insanely watchable. Read full review
70
The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Season 1 Review: If "Laguna Beach" looked perpetually like late afternoon -- the mellow light of cocktail hour, the promise of a party -- "The Hills" looks like a workday. Read full review
70
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: Deadpan and gorgeously shot, The Hills is an addictively watchable visit to the cool kids' table. Read full review
60
Washington PostJohn Maynard
Season 1 Review: The spinoff is stylish, mindless and easily devourable. In other words, "Laguna" fans can safely put out the rallying call: "Run for 'The Hills!' " Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneAllison Benedikt
Season 1 Review: Compared with the superhit "Sweet 16," "The Hills" is more refined in its celebration of materialism, though no less celebratory. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: It's a good thing reality TV has nothing to do with real life. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: There are a lot of studious, high-achiever kids. Lauren is an anomaly. She is the lucky one. The one with an MTV camera crew for a resume. The pretty one with petty friends who melt in bikinis by blue-green pools of entitlement and argue idly with quarrelsome, spoiled boyfriends. Read full review
10
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: All told, it's "The Simple Life" with less substance, featuring youths that have clearly studied both the reality TV manual and "The OC" to perfect their "characters." Read full review
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