Beginning seasons can be a bit silly to watch now because of the way islets shot. But the content of the show is awesome. It's also amazing that so many many characters and actors are in the show for years. I definitely recommend for anyone who loves true crime.
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Dear Cinderelly
randomness-964 August 2020
A decent performance but..
twanster-9765524 November 2019
Don't think 'Criminal Minds' has been any more strange
TheLittleSongbird19 August 2016
While there is worse 'Criminal Minds' episodes in general, "If the Shoe Fits" is one of Season 10's weakest overall. It certainly has its moments, but 'Criminal Minds' this reviewer doesn't think has never been so strange and the strangeness didn't work and almost like they weren't taking it seriously.
There are definitely good things about "If the Shoe Fits". Once again production values are very high, the music fits well and much of the acting is very good, especially from Joe Mantegna, Matthew Gray Gubler and AJ Cook (Abbie Cobb also does a good job with her role, but doesn't have an awful lot to work with and the character was not as interesting or as fully developed as she should have been, pretty underwritten actually).
Rossi has some brilliant one-liners here, his quote "I appreciate your concern, but I appreciate my brain just the way it is" is hilarious. Also priceless is Reid talking about night owls, in fact Reid and Rossi make this episode and help make it watchable. While it did feel like filler and took up too much of the episode, JJ's (who is more in character than in Seasons 7-9) subplot was still very touching and anybody who's been there will find her easy to relate to here, also liked the way she stood up to her mother.
However, the unsub is blandly written and not developed very well, a big problem when "If the Shoe Fits" was an episode that was unsub heavy. Also got the sense that the show was running out of ideas because the whole psychosis thing is not much new and even when putting a fairy tale spin on it it felt really strange and jarred tonally, making it very difficult to take it seriously in a show that is often dark and very gritty. The episode also neglected to give a reason for why the unsub started killing, to me if it was because of her troubled past she would have started killing much earlier.
Quite a lot has been said about the denouement. It is certainly memorable, unfortunately not for the right reasons and really did ring false. It isn't as patronising as the denouement in "Till Death Do Us Part", but it did feel awkward and unintentionally comical as well as taking uncomfortable weirdness to a whole new level. The direction is lethargic and the script only really shines with Rossi and Reid (and sometimes JJ) while others seem underused.
And this reviewer really doesn't like Kate, she doesn't fit with the team, is a dull character and comes across as too cocky in interrogations and Jennifer Love Hewitt feels out of place. She has impressed in a couple of Season 10 episodes, "Lockdown" being a notable example, but mostly she doesn't work.
In summary, don't think 'Criminal Minds' has been any more strange than here, and it really didn't feel right. 4/10 Bethany Cox
There are definitely good things about "If the Shoe Fits". Once again production values are very high, the music fits well and much of the acting is very good, especially from Joe Mantegna, Matthew Gray Gubler and AJ Cook (Abbie Cobb also does a good job with her role, but doesn't have an awful lot to work with and the character was not as interesting or as fully developed as she should have been, pretty underwritten actually).
Rossi has some brilliant one-liners here, his quote "I appreciate your concern, but I appreciate my brain just the way it is" is hilarious. Also priceless is Reid talking about night owls, in fact Reid and Rossi make this episode and help make it watchable. While it did feel like filler and took up too much of the episode, JJ's (who is more in character than in Seasons 7-9) subplot was still very touching and anybody who's been there will find her easy to relate to here, also liked the way she stood up to her mother.
However, the unsub is blandly written and not developed very well, a big problem when "If the Shoe Fits" was an episode that was unsub heavy. Also got the sense that the show was running out of ideas because the whole psychosis thing is not much new and even when putting a fairy tale spin on it it felt really strange and jarred tonally, making it very difficult to take it seriously in a show that is often dark and very gritty. The episode also neglected to give a reason for why the unsub started killing, to me if it was because of her troubled past she would have started killing much earlier.
Quite a lot has been said about the denouement. It is certainly memorable, unfortunately not for the right reasons and really did ring false. It isn't as patronising as the denouement in "Till Death Do Us Part", but it did feel awkward and unintentionally comical as well as taking uncomfortable weirdness to a whole new level. The direction is lethargic and the script only really shines with Rossi and Reid (and sometimes JJ) while others seem underused.
And this reviewer really doesn't like Kate, she doesn't fit with the team, is a dull character and comes across as too cocky in interrogations and Jennifer Love Hewitt feels out of place. She has impressed in a couple of Season 10 episodes, "Lockdown" being a notable example, but mostly she doesn't work.
In summary, don't think 'Criminal Minds' has been any more strange than here, and it really didn't feel right. 4/10 Bethany Cox
An Embarrassing Episode And The Dumbest Story EVER!
clintstevens15 May 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Definite SPOILER ALERT!
I have binge watched Criminal Minds since the first episode, and even though most of the stories are carbon copies of one another to some extent, this one is in a class by itself.
How about a young attractive girl who fancies herself Cinderella, looking for her knight in shining armor. She ends up killing every good looking guy she comes in contact with (including one gay guy...why gay? It has absolutely nothing to do with the story), using garden shears and stiletto heels as murder weapons. It is laughable how the team miraculously searches out these unsubs and the story here is no different. But you can see what's coming a mile away.
It seems 'Cinderella' borrows dresses from the dry cleaners she works at, leaving the tags dangling from the gowns. The team thinks she must work at a store and must be stealing these dresses, but that doesn't pan out. Now here comes the solution, which the viewing audience can see is coming immediately. The team all have cups of coffee as they discuss who the killer might be, and I just waited til one of them spilled their coffee on their clothes and the whole team has a simultaneous light bulb go off...BINGO!, the suspect works at a dry cleaners! It truly is embarrassingly laughable.
But wait, there's more! They catch up to her at a cemetery where she is about to kill her next 'prince', either number 5 or 6, at that point, I lost count! Reid approaches her, pretending to be Prince Charming and slips the clear stiletto high heel murder weapon on her foot, telling her he has searched high and low for her (he's not kidding, that's true). Then they walk off arm in arm, she thinking he's taking her to his castle, and Reid knowing he's taking her to the hoosegow. And all the while JJ is pointing her weapon at her from a few feet away. Yes, this sounds ridiculous...because it IS, but I am not making it up. What a horrid episode. I can only hope the following episodes will get better from here on out, they can't get much worse.
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