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Aug 17, 2015
60
It's relatively entertaining, but the content is more than a bit rough for its 7 p.m. time slot.
Aug 17, 2015
50
Hawaii's pacing, dashes of humor and casting make this one worthy of an "aloha" - but that's a tentative hello.
Aug 17, 2015
50
Hawaii is not a great cop show and does not break any ground in the well-trod field of buddy shows. But it has well-choreographed action and an amusingly campy feel.
Aug 17, 2015
42
Like the shallow exploits of Crockett and Tubbs, Hawaii emphasizes style and flash over substance, powered by the kind of intelligence you'd expect from a coconut.
Aug 17, 2015
37
Hawaii does have one great thing going for it: Hawaii. Every vista is beautiful, and every other scene seems to be shot in front of a multihued sunset. Get rid of the actors and the story, and you might have a show -- though not this show, and not this network. Goodbye, NBC. Hello, Travel Channel.
Aug 17, 2015
30
Take just about every action-movie cliche, and toss in a few soapy ones, and you get an idea of the crammed mess to be found in Hawaii.
Aug 17, 2015
25
What did anyone really expect from the guy responsible for the infamous dud "Shasta McNasty" for UPN five years ago?
Aug 17, 2015
25
If the networks keep up this pattern of releasing dreck before the usual start of the TV season, it will have a record number of cancellations by Canadian Thanksgiving. [1 Sept 2004, p.R2]
Aug 17, 2015
25
The new cop series Hawaii isn't your father's "Hawaii Five-O." It's probably not yours, either, or your child's, or anyone's. It's awful.
Aug 17, 2015
25
Goofy, silly, trying to be hip, lighthearted and loose, but ending up merely stupid, a dopey mix of inane dialogue, hints of sex, gunfire and blood. [29 Aug 2004, p.TV-6]
