The Tomorrow People
The CW | Release Date: October 9, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
13
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardOct 9, 2013
Season 1 Review: With so many powers, the Tomorrow People seem near invincible, and the measures Ultra uses to thwart them seem flimsy. The idea that a prohibition against killing could be genetically encoded seems both convenient and implausible — and also lessens the stakes. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkOct 8, 2013
Season 1 Review: There’s enough set in motion here to perhaps lure a small, loyal audience from week to week. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike HaleOct 8, 2013
Season 1 Review: It’s competently assembled and has a bland stylishness. What it lacks, at this point, is any kick in its storytelling: There are alienation, daddy issues and a looming love triangle, but they’re all pro forma. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert BiancoOct 8, 2013
Season 1 Review: Indifferently acted and badly plotted, Tomorrow cries out to be ignored. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandOct 8, 2013
Season 1 Review: Like all the CW series, The Tomorrow People has a gorgeous, young ensemble and a fresh (though not original) premise. But it's going to have to significantly broaden the scope of the story and the size of the cast if it hopes to succeed as an episodic. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 8, 2013
Season 1 Review: They’re remaking The Tomorrow People and the results are just kind of “meh.” Read full review
50
New York PostMichael StarrOct 4, 2013
Season 1 Review: Yet another in the assembly line of fantasy/sci-fi shows, it offers little in the way of thrills, suspense or drama. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverSep 13, 2013
Season 1 Review: Derivative of sci-fi and superhuman dramas we’ve seen plenty of times before, up to and including the slo-mo 'Matrix' bullets flying out of a gun. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Margaret LyonsOct 9, 2013
Season 1 Review: Teen shows and sci-fi shows often get a bad rap for being ridiculous or campy or stupid, and Tomorrow People isn't any of those things. Unfortunately, it's just boring. Read full review
40
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayOct 9, 2013
Season 1 Review: There's nothing in the pilot that feels particularly like today, much less like tomorrow. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertOct 9, 2013
Season 1 Review: The atmosphere is bland, the special effects and fight scenes are underwhelming, and the tone is mostly humorless. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyOct 9, 2013
Season 1 Review: Even though the fate of the world is presumably at stake, as tends to be the case in these fantasies, this one just doesn’t feel very rousing. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryOct 8, 2013
Season 1 Review: Tomorrow People simply feels too much like a knockoff of more familiar genetic superhumans. Read full review
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