Critic Reviews
| 80 |
LA Weekly Robert Abele
Insanely watchable. |
| 70 |
The New York Times Virginia Heffernan
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. |
| 70 |
Time James Poniewozik
Deadpan and gorgeously shot, The Hills is an addictively watchable visit to the cool kids' table. |
| 60 |
Washington Post John Maynard
The spinoff is stylish, mindless and easily devourable. In other words, "Laguna" fans can safely put out the rallying call: "Run for 'The Hills!' " |
| 50 |
Chicago Tribune Allison Benedikt
Compared with the superhit "Sweet 16," "The Hills" is more refined in its celebration of materialism, though no less celebratory. |
| 50 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
It's a good thing reality TV has nothing to do with real life. |
| 25 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
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. |
| 10 |
Variety Brian Lowry
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." |
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