Critic Reviews
| 80 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
A "heightened reality" show, one might call it, but one which makes its subject palpable and which, because it is made with care, lets you care too. It's the more artful portrait, paradoxically, that paints the truer picture. |
| 80 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
[Rollergirls] skillfully convey[s] the ups and downs of everyday life, man trouble, hard partying, athletic rivalry, in an unfamiliar culture. But the show adds a layer of visceral excitement, as superb camera work and editing bring the intensity of the competition into genteel living rooms. |
| 80 |
LA Weekly Robert Abele
[An] exciting, interesting series. |
| 75 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
Not like anything else on TV. |
| 70 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
''Rollergirls" is a colorful piece of reality TV. |
| 70 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
[An] unflinching and engaging look at the lives of a disparate group of women in their 20s and 30s whose share a love for this rough-and-tumble sport. |
| 50 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
The show comes with a built-in demographic: viewers who enjoy sweaty, scantily clad women waging war on roller skates. "Rollergirls" just needs to lure them back from the Internet. |
| 40 |
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
"Rollergirls" takes heroic steps to go beyond the silliness and try to understand and ennoble players, but the subject is just not worth so much effort. |
| 30 |
Variety Brian Lowry
It doesn't help that the producers shape the episodes as if they were little sports movies, peddling cliches about the nervous rookie, the veteran making a comeback or the underdog team. That might work with a real sport, but it's kind of a buzzkill when dealing with a staged one. |
| 12 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
It gets nothing right - not the potential sexiness, not the negligible drama and certainly not any solid shot at explaining, much less popularizing, the alleged sport of roller derby. |
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