Critic Reviews
| 50 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
It's awash in sudsy Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild, plus a bit of Tippi Hedren. But slow tension fails to fill the first episode, and the acting is a tangle of scorns. |
| 50 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
Both soaps are perfectly awful on almost every level, which makes them nothing, if not, well, hilariously perfect soap scum. |
| 50 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
A glossy hunk of over-the-top, sleaze 'n' tease melodrama. |
| 40 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
[Of the two new soaps,] only "Fashion House" seems to understand that it's supposed to be a guilty pleasure. |
| 38 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
"Fashion House" is a passable pop diversion, and a definite curiosity. |
| 25 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
[It doesn't] live up to its camp catfight billing, in large part because Derek doesn't have this kind of drag-queen Dynasty performance in her. Not only does the role take more than the minimal acting skills she possesses, it also takes a level of on-camera comfort she has never mastered. |
| 20 |
Newsday Diane Werts
"Fashion House" is a bit more coherent, if still ludicrous. |
| 20 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
Astute observers may find no coincidence that it mimics the American soap The Bold and the Beautiful. |
| 10 |
Variety Brian Lowry
Passable production values, naughtiness about as salty as an issue of Maxim and some pretty stiff acting provide modest camp allure, but it's hard to imagine either new series qualifying as a so-bad-it's-good guilty pleasure. |
| 10 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
OK, it could be better. A lot better. |
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