Utopia (2014)

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 7, 2014
User Score
4.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 33
  3. Negative: 17 out of 33

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  1. Dublin0126
    Sep 8, 2014
    0
    Utopia on Fox is just a bad project, I had to turn the channel. If Fox wants a great show, pick up Longmire from those dumbasses at A&E. It makes Big Brother look good. lol.

    I'm hoping you see the critic's reviews and kill the show!
  2. gemtwist
    Sep 13, 2014
    1
    I watched the entire first episode and it was dreadful. I was expecting a group of people trying to work together to form a better society. What the show turned out to be was a group of social misfits all who seem to have anger issues. It seems that whoever cast this thought conflict would equal ratings. Dreadful.
  3. Beowulf4862
    Sep 14, 2014
    1
    Wow. Just when you thought network TV couldn't sink any lower, Fox proves you wrong. The preacher man isn't a bad fellow, but there are no really likable characters on this show. THESE are the people they came up with after an exhaustive search? Clearly, they went for obvious reality-TV stereotypes and now they are stuck with a group that reminds you more of horror film patsies waiting toWow. Just when you thought network TV couldn't sink any lower, Fox proves you wrong. The preacher man isn't a bad fellow, but there are no really likable characters on this show. THESE are the people they came up with after an exhaustive search? Clearly, they went for obvious reality-TV stereotypes and now they are stuck with a group that reminds you more of horror film patsies waiting to be slaughtered than contestants in an intelligent scheme. What a waste. Made for people who move their lips when they read the funnies.… Expand
  4. Zutron
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    The sad thing is that this show *might* have had some potential if they had actually attempted to cast it for it's purported purpose "to create an ideal social structure." I don't think most of these contestants have ever given this a moments thought-- even after being cast for this show. They all behave as if they are vying to be the most obnoxious cast member on the dumbest realityThe sad thing is that this show *might* have had some potential if they had actually attempted to cast it for it's purported purpose "to create an ideal social structure." I don't think most of these contestants have ever given this a moments thought-- even after being cast for this show. They all behave as if they are vying to be the most obnoxious cast member on the dumbest reality show. I've only watched it because i know one of them. Otherwise I wouldn't have watched more than 5 minutes of the first episode. A toothless hillbilly? Really? A preacher there to convert people? Really? Unstable personalities with trigger reactions? -- These people were cast for one reason only, to create the basest kind of drama. What a colossal waste of money and time.… Expand
  5. garbear65
    Sep 15, 2014
    1
    Could the show be any more boring and slow. The idea is great but the host is horrible and the contestants of course were picked for their "big" personalities. Unfortunately none of them are likable. At this point I could care less about any of them staying or even creating a Utopia. BORING!!! Fox this is a fail already - move on don't spend any more time or money. No one cares

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Metascore
38

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 11, 2014
    30
    Fox executives could have saved substantial production costs and achieved basically the same boring result by filming 14 randy monkeys in a cage containing only 10 bananas.
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  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Sep 10, 2014
    40
    Even as Utopia promises to never, ever live up to its name, its funhouse-mirror reflections of the fault lines--religion, class, politics--in our own larger, obviously imperfect society make for fascinating TV, if only occasionally.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Sep 8, 2014
    30
    While raw and weird have certainly yielded dividends in the past, please let’s not kid ourselves: If Utopia has any legs at all, it will as a cable-style freakshow, not some grand “experiment” in democracy.
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