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Metascore
74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

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  • Summary: Jenna Hamilton is a 15-year-old girl who returns to school after finding herself the center of attention because of an embarrassing accident that left her with a broken arm, which is misconstrued as something more serious.
  • Genre(s): Comedy

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tanner Stransky
    Jul 18, 2011
    83
    She navigates the sharky waters of high school, friends, mean cheerleaders, and cute boys with a snarky voice-over that makes her--and Awkward.--easy to fall in love with.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Jul 26, 2011
    80
    A series about a high-school girl that's neither maudlin nor alarming nor conceived with intent to preach or to shock. It's further distinguished by its focus on entirely recognizable teenage pains, as endured by an entirely recognizable teenager, Jenna. Its other distinction: strong echoes of an older kind of storytelling, the sort whose characters grow and acquire depth.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jul 19, 2011
    60
    While the premise is refreshingly gimmick-free compared with "RJ Berger" or "Teen Wolf," the situations aren't compelling enough to make this much more than a latter-day "Doogie Howser, M.D." with a gender switch.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. kiminman24
    10
    When i seen the first episode i didn't think much of it but as the series continued i loved it more and more and found my self looking forward every week for the next episode. Love love love this show! It's in the top 5 favorite shows!! Hope there is a season 2 :)… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. retiredat56
    4
    I'm clearly not the target audience. I miss by a few decades. Still, the plot was slow and really without much imagination. The dialogue was way too predicatable.… Expand
    • 1 of 3 users said yes
  3. novanova
    3
    The audience for this show is way to specific. The characters and the plot are flat, unoriginal and boring. And it is getting worse every episode. Starting with a promising pilot it turned into classical "MTV" very quickly.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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