| 88 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
If "Runaway" is a harbinger of things to come, it, er, harbinges very well indeed! |
| 83 |
Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale
A good and likable cast combine with thoughtful writing to make this family/thriller (a new genre?) worth watching. |
| 70 |
Baltimore Sun David Zurawik
Think The Fugitive meets Beverly Hills 90210 done dark and brooding. |
| 70 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
This is an intriguing blend of The Fugitive and The O.C.: half suspense and half intergenerational melodrama. |
| 67 |
Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn
Just two episodes in, and this series threatens to rattle down the wrong track. [6 Oct 2006, p.60] |
| 63 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
Yes, it's "Fugitive ... With Children." But "Runaway"... actually is pretty good, mostly because this family doesn't always get along. |
| 63 |
People Weekly Tom Gliatto
You go on the lam, and you find Laguna Beach. [2 Oct 2006, p.45] |
| 63 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
It's one of those midlevel, decently entertaining dramas you're most inclined to watch when nothing else in the time slot excites you. |
| 60 |
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
The real pleasure lies in the adjustment problems of a seemingly normal suburban family leading a terrifying secret life. |
| 60 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
For adults, the thing plays a little like Fox's Prison Break. |
| 60 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
"Runaway" is decent, the kind of show some might acknowledge as pretty good while saying, in the next breath, that it probably wouldn't make it. |
| 60 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
The opening episode is solidly done and pretty entertaining. But a fifth season of "Everwood" would have been a much better fit in the time slot following "7th Heaven." |
| 60 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
If it keeps its balance and cuts back on some of the more implausible moments in the first hour, this series could be a keeper. |
| 60 |
Washington Post Tom Shales
Minor but deftly done. |
| 50 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
We've seen this on-the-lam material many times before, and it offers very familiar family tensions. |
| 40 |
Variety Phil Gallo
As much as the direction and writing capture appropriate tension in the pilot, they allow it to go slack in the second [episode]. |
| 40 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
"Runaway" is no "Everwood," which featured complex characters and an exploration of social issues. "Runaway" is far more pedestrian -- "The Fugitive" with a family -- but it may not be any better of a fit with its lead-in "7th Heaven." |
| 40 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
"Runaway" is passable as far as it goes, which, despite its title, isn’t very far. |
| 40 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
Runaway is neither credible nor exciting. |
| 38 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
One of those series that looks great on paper but ends up less-than-thrilling on the screen. |
| 38 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
"Runaway" isn't offensively awful. It's passively poor. |
| 30 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
"Runaway" begs your interest (who doesn't like a road trip story, even when the Feds aren't on your tail?) before fading for lack of energy, not to mention originality. |
| 30 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
At times, things veer so far off center that running from the feds seems like a distraction from the more important story of teen romance and angst, just another annoyance like a sudden zit or a dropped call. |
| 30 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
"Runaway" is like a Frankenstein's monster stitched together from pieces of dead shows from both networks. |
| 20 |
Newsday Verne Gay
It's slow. It's dull. It's listless. |
