| 88 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
"Raines" not only deserves an audience - with any luck at all, it deserves a renewal, and a firm spot on NBC's fall schedule. |
| 75 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
Intriguing and involving, if sometimes odd for oddness' sake alone, Raines is a novel twist on one of TV's oldest formats: the single, super-intuitive detective. |
| 75 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
Yes, the premise may be decidedly derivative, but it's all in the witty execution. |
| 75 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
While this all sounds fresh, don't think for a minute you're going to be seeing anything that hasn't been re-packaged before. |
| 70 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
Goldblum’s thoughtful, enjoyable presence is — rather than the one saving grace of an otherwise tiresome procedural — the centerpiece of a generally well-crafted drama, one that’s sprinkled with loving nods to Raymond Chandler and “Double Indemnity.” |
| 70 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Working together, Goldblum and Craven create some of the most honest scenes in the genre. |
| 70 |
Newsday Verne Gay
"Raines" is both thoroughly conventional and thoroughly unconventional; in fact, it often revels in its conventionality. |
| 70 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
An immensely enjoyable premiere. |
| 70 |
Washington Post Tom Shales
Goldblum... gives the character of Raines a solid and gratifying humanity, enough to lift "just another" cop opera into a considerably more rarefied realm. |
| 60 |
Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith
All of this might seem silly if it weren't for Mr. Goldblum. |
| 60 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
One thing's for sure: Raines is weird. |
| 60 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
The show... doesn't seem to be aiming for anything higher than a comfortable middle ground, bypassing a chance to watch Goldblum send up our preconceived idea of Goldblum. |
| 60 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
As close-ended procedurals go, "Raines" certainly offers an intriguing hook, but I'm not sure it's one with much staying power. |
| 60 |
Variety Brian Lowry
This is a series for people with a reasonably high TV IQ, but not a particularly challenging formula. |
| 50 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
An average, unoriginal series. |
| 50 |
Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart
Goldblum has a commanding presence that may overcome the ho-hum storylines and overdone talking-ghost motif. |
| 50 |
People Weekly Tom Gliatto
It's a hallucinatory riff on an old noir tradition (is Raines being played for a sap by his own daydreams?), but the gimmick doesn't click. [19 Mar 2007, p.39] |
| 50 |
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
The hallucination conceit is strange but not necessarily horrible.... The problem with “Raines” is that it tries too hard to be too many things at once. |
| 50 |
New York Magazine John Leonard
The show seems to take forever to get anywhere. |
| 50 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
Nothing really wrong with Raines, but not much reason to watch, either. |
| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
"Raines" is one of those shows that are enjoyable time wasters if you don't know what else is available. |
| 42 |
Entertainment Weekly Alynda Wheat
[It] makes Los Angeles look as dreary and sluggish as Goldblum's performance. [16 Mar 2007, p.65] |
| 38 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
The script -- like the direction and acting -- is only half on. |
| 30 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
The hallucinatory gimmick can only do so much for the same old stories. |
| 30 |
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
Raines' conversations with the dead... aren't exactly riveting. |
| 20 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
All this talent can't make the premise - a police detective talks to murder victims - work. |
