Critic Reviews
| 88 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
The writing's crisp and the acting is first-rate. |
| 80 |
LA Weekly Robert Abele
A tightly woven, watchable melodrama that connects an eclectic but friendly bunch of women through maybe the only thing they could possibly have in common: being married to the military. |
| 75 |
People Weekly Tom Gliatto
A satisfyingly meaty drama. [11 Jun 2007, p.41] |
| 75 |
Entertainment Weekly Adam Markovitz
An earnest soap about women who are scrappy, sensitive, and stoic. [1 Jun 2007, p.64] |
| 70 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
The show succeeds on a number of levels and builds on a well-crafted premise pilot. |
| 70 |
Newsday Diane Werts
The intimate moments have a gutsy realness, and the central characterizations are bedrock enough to sell us through the stereotypes. |
| 70 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
"Army Wives" is a series that sucks you in on the strength of its characters. |
| 70 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
With a little tweaking, the series just as easily could be set in some large corporation, or on a college campus, and engage most of the same interpersonal issues — what women do for men and for one another. |
| 63 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
"Army Wives" is better than it has any right to be. |
| 60 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
“Army Wives” is by no means a perfect show, but there’s a lot of potential material in the lives of these women. |
| 60 |
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times Charlie McCollum
While lacking the satirical humor of "Housewives" and the edge of "Unit," the show is serviceable in its storytelling, quite well-done in its production and better than well-done in its acting. |
| 60 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
Television needs a stronger series on the subject, and military families deserve something better. |
| 50 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
The obvious, soapy stories plod along at a too-languid pace, leaving talented actors in their wake. |
| 50 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
If you like Lifetime, you'll probably love this one. |
| 30 |
Variety Brian Lowry
A stereotypical sudser that wants to be "From Here to Eternity" but feels like "All My Children: Military Edition." |
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