Touch
FOX | Release Date: January 25, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
14
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesMike HaleJan 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: The 11-year-old boy at the center of the story has never spoken and is also the show's narrator. It's a perfectly acceptable device, if not a particularly interesting one in this case. Read full review
60
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanJan 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: Nothing about these connections feels particularly earned and many of the twists and turns of the pilot feel contrived and obvious, especially toward the end. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJan 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: Its spirit is willing, but the construction has foundation problems. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayFeb 7, 2013
Season 2 Review: Sutherland's very moving as a father fighting to hold on to a son who was slipping away from him even before the authorities came calling, but the show still feels at times like a mashup of "24" and "Touched by an Angel." Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverMar 22, 2012
Season 1 Review: In some parts, Touch is pleasantly moving and even tightly woven, until it becomes too blunt in its purposeful yanking of heartstrings. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzJan 26, 2012
Season 1 Review: What's on the screen is a likable but dumb TV version of what the film scholar David Bordwell calls a "network narrative." Read full review
50
TimeJames PoniewozikJan 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: It still remains to be seen what it looks like as a series; with some stronger writing and deeper character work, it could build on its math-superpower idea to make something intriguing and emotional. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJan 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: Touch feels like yet another series--last week it was Alcatraz--that seemed like a better idea for a one-shot movie than a weekly TV series. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJan 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's not clear from one episode whether the show's warm and fuzzy message can successfully counterbalance implausibility. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryJan 23, 2012
Season 1 Review: Touch has its "We Are the World" heart in the right place. But like another song says, we don't need another "Heroes." Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushFeb 8, 2013
Season 2 Review: Now comes this unnecessary makeover, starting with Friday's two-hour premiere, which transforms Touch into a tiresomely ordinary chase/conspiracy non-thriller. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyFeb 7, 2013
Season 2 Review: The show still has some interesting things happening, and there are worse things on TV than a fast-paced action drama. But making it into “Son of 24” doesn’t feel like the right touch. Read full review
40
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJan 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: For all its numbers wizardry, the overmanipulative Touch doesn't yet add up. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJan 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: Ironically, given a show that so clearly wants to touch its audience--from that weighty one-word title on down--we have met, apart from Martin, hardly a single character who incorporates more than the hint of an actual person. Read full review
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