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Women -- especially young mothers juggling responsibilities at home and the office — will find much with which to identify in the story of Annabeth.
75
It's well cast, well executed and solidly competent across the board. But exciting, it's not.
70
Better than average.
63
The show isn't a terrific one, but its working-mom protagonist, and its element of "Blue Velvet"-style suburban creepiness, might well find a very receptive and loyal audience for this CBS drama.
63
Finnigan's performance dovetails perfectly with Close's neat if heavy- handed dramatic concept. [17 Oct 2005, p.39]
60
Those still smarting over [Judging Amy's] cancellation may take a while to warm up to the way "Close to Home" wraps justice in a small fuzzy blanket.
60
"Close to Home" lives up and down to its title -- staying very close to what's worked for CBS before.
60
It's a contrived product, but the storytelling reveals the cases and their solutions nicely, if straightforwardly.
60
Close to Home is supposed to be playing on the dark-underbelly-of-the-burbs fascination supposedly stirred by Desperate Housewives. But it's basically just another lawyer/crime show with a mommy twist.
60
It is instructive to observe how working woman's guilt plays out in a postfeminist era when having it all is considered a privilege, not a right.
