• Network: TLC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 9, 2012
  • Season #: 1 , 2
Breaking Amish Image
Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics What's this?

User Score

Mixed or average reviews- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: Four Amish people and a Mennonite travel to New York City to experience new adventures before they decide to return to their communities or continue their journey away from the only life they know.
  • Genre(s): Reality, Game Show
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Sep 10, 2012
    91
    You'll worry the Big Apple will swallow them up. Mostly, you'll wonder how Breaking Amish will turn next.
  2. Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Sep 10, 2012
    75
    Riveting and revealing.
  3. Reviewed by: Allison Keene
    Sep 7, 2012
    60
    Like many TLC series, a simple fascination with observing a perceived strangeness will pull in most viewers, but the pathos evoked by the struggling five refugees will likely keep people watching.
  4. Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Sep 10, 2012
    60
    The premiseof TLC's new Breaking Amish is so simple it almost seems too simple. That makes the show a little disorienting, because we're really not sure whether we're gawking at a bizarre social experiment or watching five people make a decision harder than anything the rest of us may ever have to make.

See all 8 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Something doesn't seem real about these kids. Supposedly brought up in a strict religious environment, their actions often contradict their image.......too often. The concept is entertaining enough, but I am suspicious of the reality of this reality TV. Expand