The Hills (2006–2010) User Reviews

It's fun while it lasted.

[sarahbbbyyy · 4/10 · 14 May 2016]

There is something about this show that is different from other reality shows and it's mostly negative things. I mean it's a fun show and all but let's keep it real. The women (mostly young girls) are the ones who watch this show. It is incredibly feminine and it is way too monotone for a guy to pay attention to unless he really wanted to. I don't know why they would want to though since the drama is also very high school and childish. A bunch of he said she said and girls screwing each other over and fighting over guys and boyfriend drama. None of them seem to have mature relationships and it seems more of the fault of the people who are producing this show. They are taking the reality out of it and creating a bunch of soapy material. You can also feel the scenes are being set up by the producers to start petty drama that probably wouldn't exist if they weren't on the show. Do people still tune it? Absolutely. It was actually pretty popular but it still would have benefited from being a little more realistic.

There are all of these conflicts that can easily be resolved if you just stop speaking to those people. They are not still in school and they can easily avoid the people they don't like. This show obviously doesn't get that. It's not like the Real World or Jersey Shore where everyone is stuck in the house together and yet the same group of people hang out with one another. There is not much sight of other family members that some of these people are known for seeing all the time when the cameras are not around. There are also paparazzi around them 24/7 and them going into interviews and photo shoots but none of that is seen on the show since this show is trying to portray these girls as working jobs at places like Epic Studios and Teen Vogue where they are the ones who work behind the scenes for the famous people and are not famous themselves. This show doesn't display what we all know is that these girls get the royal treatment and get free designer stuff and get VIP to the Super Bowl and concerts and red carpet events. They are trying to portray them as normal everyday girls who just happen to be wealthy and have some connections to jobs that us watching don't get because we are not the 1% of the population and we don't live and can't afford Hollywood Hills homes.

Overall, it is mostly fun due to the drama but then again, that's why so many young girls love it. Warning: It is filmed in such a dull way because it seems like there is more talk about drama and less action, yelling and fist fighting. These women look like they have so much self control because they seem to have fights in a calm and rational manner, totally unrealistic but it's okay.

It should have stopped at Laguna beach

[secret0009 · 5/10 · 30 March 2008]

This show is somewhat addictive, but I don't like it too much. I watch it on and off, hence the reason i gave it a five, but other than that, I think Lauren Conrad should have stopped at Laguna Beach.

My mind deceived me, because i LOVED Laguna beach seasons 1&2, so i thought the hills would be good, if not better. But sometimes change isn't good.

The show is said to be superficial, and i don't doubt it. It's pretty much something you see in a movie, something totally scripted.

In total, I don't mind the show much but if you really have something better to do/watch...do it.

not good, not awful

[carolinethompson-30840 · 5/10 · 10 July 2016]

Overall, we all know this show isn't good television. But that's a given; it's reality TV. When The Hills came out I was about 14 or so. I had never seen Laguna Beach, but my big sister had and was pretty into the The Hills. Whenever she would watch it I would be like "ugh this show is so stupid and fake". Which it is, but as I watched more episodes with her I couldn't help but get sucked in a little. Some of the characters seemed more down to earth and real than others, which made it a bit more likable. Bur I think I even liked MTV Canada's after show better. They all just talk about what happened on The Hills. Once even Lauren said on the after show that a phone between her and Spencer was all editing and didn't happen. So yeah, obviously "scripted reality" but if you feel like watching something light, mindless, with some nice clothes, it's not the worst. I've seen worse shows.

There is no way this crap is real

[canadian_roughneck · 1/10 · 7 April 2009]

I watched a couple episodes of this last night, because my friends girlfriend was watching it. It was painful! This is the lamest show ever made! The guys are douche bags and the girls are dramatic little whiners.

This is the kind of crap that 9-13 year old girls should watch. My friends girl was trying to tell me that it's all real and non scripted. THAT'S BULL! There is no way that this show is real. The acting is extremely poor. IF this is real, then these people need to be put to sleep. I would never want to live a life like that.

BASIC RUNDOWN OF THE HILLS: Material Girls who are rich because of "Mommy and Daddy", have douche bag boyfriends who are rich because of "Mommy and Daddy". Some of the girls like each other, some don't. The odd fight here and there. Constant lame drama, which in the end everything goes back to normal. The girls are naive as hell.

Anyone who watches this show is a sheep. 0/10 COMPLETE CRAP!!!!!!!!!!

7,000 years since the dawn of civilization, and this is what we've amounted to...

[flokkert · 1/10 · 30 May 2009]

This show embodies the summum of materialism, the very worst in mankind. How can one be so completely preoccupied with the exterior, and not care about (or not see) what that makes them into? The Hills' cast consist of models. People who are seemingly so drawn into life's popularity contest that anything else ceases to be important to them. The entire globe could be in the middle of some horrible disaster, while these shallow fashion whores' only worry would be finding a pair of shoes that goes with their Prada purse. For some reason, watching this show reminds me of the infamous statement made by beauty pageant contestant Lauren Upton (the URL below). I wonder if this show's cast could find the USA on a world map...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WALIARHHLII

The dumbing down of America

[poohbearski · 1/10 · 2 June 2009]

So, all of America actually buys this dreck. They think that this is reality. Is it? I've lived in LA and it is NOT.

But when this schlock is made and fed to American teenagers - they believe this.

I cannot fathom how people find this entertaining. It is offensive in the sense that it numbs the brain - I saw 2 mins of this and yes, there are people this shallow, this dumb.

After I saw this I felt compelled to warn America's youth that there is more to watch on TV. Better yet, go outside, kick a ball, play a sport, do something, just stop watching MTV.

was laguna beach not enough?..

[eden052383 · 1/10 · 11 August 2008]

While trying to watch an episode of the hills, i kept finding myself getting distracted by my cat chasing his tail. After all, watching my cat chase his tail was much more entertaining.

This show is so obviously scripted it's not even funny to call this a reality show. Why doesn't MTV just give it up and tell the truth. I guess that would actually mean admitting that these people's lives aren't that interesting unless a little bit of lines are thrown in there because let's be honest- how much fun could it be to actually watch people from their day to day lives? I really am waiting and hoping for mtv to shut down because they keep coming up with one lame thing after another and it has nothing to do with music like it had originally intended.

Reality-show Valium

[johnkick · 11 January 2010]

Watching the people communicate on this show is like experiencing the shadow world that lies between sleep and wakefulness. Shallow words are spoken, followed by long pregnant pauses, meaningful looks and toothy smiles. There is waiting and then more waiting for something. It would be even more freakish than it is, if not for the fact that the women have such model-perfect looks and are a pleasure to look at. However, this would be intolerable and even hellish if regular-looking people pulled this. Conversation has been edited down to very feather-light fluff. Ambiance is always as tasteful as a romantically-lit, high-tone restaurant or a smart little clothing boutique. It's one long perfume commercial.

My favorite trashy reality show.

[derp7 · 10/10 · 2 July 2019]

I love disassociating from my own life while watching this show.

The definition of a "guilty pleasure"

[agcaoili675 · 7/10 · 11 January 2011]

I know it's scripted, and Spencer should be definitely sent to a mental institution, but it's very addictive. The drama is entertaining in that trainwreck sorta way.

It reminds a bit of my life. Sure, I'm not rich, and I don't live in L.A., but there are some similarities. For example, I know lots of Spencers who pick up fights with anyone with a pulse. And I am a bit of Heidi and a bit of Lauren.

For some reason, I'm addicted. I love it so much. I know the characters are not exactly paradigms of virtue, but they're definitely entertaining. I personally think it would have a way higher rating than 3.4 if it were not advertised as a reality show.

Overall, a total guilty pleasure.

It's great....and by that I mean it's terrible...

[kjpsychology · 2/10 · 22 January 2008]

There's not much to expect out of a MTV show, especially when most of their programs targets tween to early 20's audiences.

Of course, for its purely entertainment value, you SHOULDN'T have to think too much of the program - just sit back and relax...right? But "The Hills" is unbearable. Period.

I decided to give it a try and watch one episode since my girlfriend has been begging me to watch it. At first, you kind of admire Lauren's maturity of wanting to go to school and create a future for herself. Then you realize that of course she would get ushered into a reputable school, get hired for a job that most girls dream and die for. It's a goddamn TV show that sets up everything to make life seem easy! And why wouldn't it? The main characters are inherently wealthy, good-looking fashionable girls with material goods 3/4's of Americans can't afford.

There's no way in hell that Heidi could've gotten hired for that job that she had - (something about being a professional events organizer?!?) without any references, or even a flippn' resume. She basically said in the interview that she has drive, is motivated to work?! What's sad is that this creates an unrealistic dream for teens.

I think I watched about 15 minutes of it, and turned it off.

I'll say this though, MTV can really market their products, and they are definitely experts at making crap look like it's worth watching...even when it isn't.

Drama, Drama, Drama!

[CodycaxLa · 10/10 · 14 March 2011]

People need to ignore the bad reviews because this show really is the best. Everyone needs to watch this show! You will get hooked straight away. It is full of drama all the time.

Yes so there has been many debates if it's scripted or not but really who cares! Just enjoy it.

You really will get addicted to this show and fall in love with the characters... Or love to hate them (Spencer of course). It has a nice mixture of drama, bitchy, fall outs but also the humour. It's a great show about relationships and friendships.

It's really nice watching a show about a nice group of friends. It's an easy to watch show.. Full of plenty of eye candy!

Undecided really..

[miss-marissa-xox · 6/10 · 5 June 2008]

Okay, first of all this would be better if all of the scenes were real. OR the ones that weren't real, made to seem like they are! I mean, maybe they weren't meant to be realistic, but in a spin-off reality show, the word 'reality' sort of dominates the nature of the programme. Everything is overly rehearsed and clichés seem to have built a home in the script. Sorry but it was so totally obvious that Lauren was going to get accepted into Teen Vogue. She had to. If she didn't there would be no solid storyline throughout. But hey, here I'm talking about story lines and its a REALITY TV programme I'm talking about! Even though I'm sort of calling it here, i give it a six plainly because i am interested in fashion and i do enjoy watching overly rich kids getting Chanel bags for Christmas from their boyfriends. That sort of thing right there ^ is all you can expect from this series.

Extremely superficial zero entertainment

[roxmewild · 1/10 · 1 September 2020]

I discovered this by chance and to be honest the only reason I watched was to see what was the start of the ultra annoying reality stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi . Whom I first witnessed on the UK big brother show and had never heard of them

Super short episodes of 15 mins of same thing over and over again have no idea where Spencer makes money as have never seen him work so reality must pay big money!

Like most reality it is beyond superficial badly acted ( reality is a myth we all know this crap 💩 is scripted to within an inch of its life)

I guess if your desire in life is to be famous and rich then these shows are the ladder as they have been on every reality show they could find😂 A life fulfilled if that is their desire

Oh so boring!

[anonmuss · 1/10 · 23 July 2008]

I've been seeing this show for the last couple of weeks and just hoping for it to get exciting or scandalous but eh this one has to be the no. 1 contender for MTV's worst show. It basically has no storyline except may be a couple of girls blabbering something about fashion, partying and of course dating. And yes it seems very very scripted... Unless you're some rich pretty blonde roaming around with cameras, its impossible to get a job that easily. The pace of the show is pretty slow and the only thing that wakes you up when you're watching this show is the music which is randomly put in between the scenes. To sum it up, I am a reality show junkie and I can tolerate almost any kind of crap thrown at me but this show is just too freakin boring. Unless you're 11 yrs old or have the maturity of a 11 yr old, you're gonna get tired of this show.

Waste of production money and waste of teens brains

[ShortWittyNameGoesHere · 1/10 · 16 May 2008]

This show has got to be the WORST by far on television. I would rather watch "all my children" or American idol reruns than this. Everyone knows this show isn't real, and even if it was, they live such boring lives why doesn't MTV do something useful? Like, oh, I don't know, play music? Hello! Music TV?!!?

Really I only saw about 10 minutes of it (because my friends told me I had to see it) and I swore it was the biggest load of crap. Survivor is more realistic than is!

Why are we watching shows about rich girls who have more than the need as it is while there are kids on the street in DC in NYC, there's even a genocide going on in Darfur and what are American Teens doing rather than figuring out what can be done to save the world we're living in? Watching a bunch of spoiled brats sit and eat salad and stare at each other. Seriously?

I have no understanding toward this show (or even the preceding show um Orange County?) If MTV just wants to wast money, please, buy us all a new house or something. Change someone's life for the better, don't give a TV show to a bunch of snotty brats who's biggest concern is who's dating who and why.

Waste of money, waste of brains, waste of TV.

Real... No. Acted... Yes Scripted... Kind Of.

[thereal_fozzy-1 · 1/10 · 5 July 2009]

OK to begin it is not real; everyone in this is an actor or actress who does not do a very good job of it. Most of the acting is just deprived because of the script. It seems that just before they film a scene or a part of an episode they will just tell the actors what to say and do because all the actions and speech is delayed or somewhat paused. There is no way in REALITY that people in L.A. or anywhere in the world would talk like this. (If you have ever seen Bryans girlfriend from family guy then she is a classic example of how all the girls act on the show.) I have never actually watched an episode from start to finish but I figured out that a fight in this REALITY is two girls chatting then one walking out the room, walking back in, then they both discuss how they feel about each other and bitch over who said what in the first place. Also a typical day is waking up, having your photographs taken for a magazine, staring in an advert or beauty show, Resting on a beach, meeting with friends, falling out over nothing anyone would in REALITY, saying sorry and making it up by having a party with no alcohol or drugs-like real teenagers in western culture.

Being English I wouldn't use the term deuce bags to describe the guys, i would call them wa****s. Again, in REALITY people don't, especially when its friend to friend don't keep using the words "Well I feel that" or "I think that she feels" it is just bulls**t and a typical example of escapism T.V. where girls with low self-esteem watch and dream of living in the hills. But as someone has also commented, these rich brats only have what they have thanks to their parents and to be fair the cast holds an average I.Q of 40 between them all.

Not reality (or entertainment) as we know it

[red-rob · 1/10 · 19 January 2008]

Well, I tuned in, then tuned out again.

If this is real in any way, it is clearly not reality as it happens. It is fairly obvious that most of the scenes have been planned. The tracking shot as Lauren drives to Los Angeles, the "Vogue want me there in 20 minutes" scene and the scene where she goes to register at fashion school... actually, the last one was quite nicely shot (the camera crew might have a better future ahead). However, it lacked the verisimilitude of (say) an episode of The Osbournes or even The Simple Life. In fact, it lacked the believability of The OC or One Tree Hill!

It does come across as a cheap (bad) soap, but with acting appropriate to a porn movie.

And no-one watches a porn movie for the acting.

Already Addicted!

[XXpyroXX · 10/10 · 31 May 2006]

After seeing only one episode of The Hills, I am already counting down the days until the next episode. The new MTV show seems promising, and it has already brought a cliffhanger. Personally, I liked Kristin better on Laguna Beach, but it really seems like Lauren is making something with her life. It's nice to see the rich girl do something worthwhile. Of course, I'm not sure how the show will turn out to be, but so far I love it! The Hills seems like a promising sequel to the awesome show, Laguna Beach. Laguna was my favorite show, and I think that The Hills will do it proud! Can't wait to see! If you haven't already, tune into The Hills next week, you won't regret it!

Watching the hill is a massacre

[raelynnlouis · 20 May 2019]

They have no manners and they ain't smart in whatever they get their so called life? Like what do they dointead criticising whatever comes their way stupid way!

Non-Stop Drama (not as good as O.C.)

[nomaddjs · 6/10 · 13 October 2008]

I was a little sceptical about "the hills" - a spin off from "laguna beach". However I (shamefully) find it extremely entertaining and many of my (male) friends do as well. Throw some hot girls, fit blokes, arguments and love into the mixer and you get a decent series to watch.

Of course it's hard to believe this is meant to be "reality television" because the O.C. seemed more real than this, but don't frown upon it.

Let's start off where it does lose a few stars: 1) First of all - characters as hot as they may be, unfortunately, I have found it extremely difficult to relate to any of them, where as in the O.C. different people had different characters to relate to.

2) Then sometimes, there is too much drama, and sadly it becomes less enjoyable 3) Last but not least - acting (because that's what they are doing) is terrible, all they have to do is be themselves and throw in a few quirky lines - sadly we get random stares, awkward smiles oh and did I mention awkward smiles? Now here is where I think the show does gain a few stars: 1) Awesome soundtrack - it's MTV afterall!!! I have found 10s of songs I have loved by just watching the show 2) Lauren - she is just a likable, all-trusting character (even though it's hard to relate to her) she is very nice.

3) Chemistry - I think Heidi, Lauren and Audrina are so different and yet seem so fitting as 3 friends.

4) Brody - gotta love him, the dude says it as it is.

5) Spencer - you need an antagonist and he is a worthy one.

Overall verdict: 6/10 This concept is awesome, sadly it's a bit like marmite - you either love it or you hate it. Where the show loses out is certainly being called a "reality TV show". Even if all of that is "real" there is nothing real about these people - no real problems, no real feelings - it's a fake world. Nonetheless if you want to just relax in front of TV for 20 minutes - it's easy to get swallowed up by the world of rich American kids.

Worst show ever!!!

[rara314 · 1/10 · 14 August 2008]

I can't believe people watch this show! I couldn't stand 2 minutes watching it! Everyone on the show is so STUPID!!! All it really is these dumb girls blabbing about their relationships and boys! That is basically the whole premise of the show. If you have a life you wouldn't watch it! Sad world we live in when this is called entertainment... Just sitting around with no technology is more entertaining than the hills! There are a lot of idiotic shows on t.v, but this is worse than that. A lot of people in my school watch it and say it is a great show, but people at my school are retarded. It is a good thing nobody in my house watches this show because it would be considered torture. I think you get the point. I repeat if you have a life DO NOT watch THE HILLS!

P.S. I'm a HUGE twilight fan!!

Guilty pleasure

[alicefallon-78706 · 10/10 · 16 February 2022]

Will always have a special place in my heart. So easy to watch and switch off from real life. Will never get bored of it and always makes me want to jump on a plane and head to Los Angeles.

The Will was better! hate this show.

[queen_g_shine · 1/10 · 13 September 2008]

OMG! This show is so boring. I am into this stuff: TV shows, reality shows...but this one? Lauren has no personality she is like 88% of the girls worldwide and she can't even speak properly. She uses "like" in every phrase. I saw so many shows, i love to watch them but really: This one was the worst! Not to mention girls appearance...SO ordinary. Typical fake blonde girls playing "the fashion victims" even though they have no idea about fashion. How about Heidi's line: "school is not for me"? How awful is this? I can't believe people say this is not scripted...it has a script but unfortunately not a good one. And those girls are too ordinary to act. You need that kind of "something" to make a show really work and those girls are as boring as an empty bottle. Not funny and not entertaining. 1/10.

WARNING: you can fall asleep any second.

Empty, stupid, meaningless, soulless

[iva_uzunov · 1/10 · 10 September 2010]

yes- it is true- MTV is a business, they make money by providing entertainment, there duty is not to educate the youth or to be moral- they are what they are and they will exist as long as there are people watching these series- they are basically satisfying a need - or perhaps they are creating one... What worries me more is that the series are appealing to so many people, which don t see it critically but are in the contrary almost obsessed with it. I mean- the characters are boring, spoil-ed and vain people, with no motivation (WHATSOEVER!!) to achieve something in life on their own, who are just pretending to live "live the Good life" with some drama here and there to keep the suspense up- I mean- this series are just preventing you from thinking. LIVE THE REAL LIFE INSTEAD OF WATCHING THIS FAKE S**T! I mean even if u feel the need to shut your brain off for a day and not think about anything- there are much better series out there to entertain you- I mean this series are not even funny- there are just EMPTY- no conversation, no action, just a bunch of people with no problems so bored that they have to make problems to feel somehow important... I wouldn't t give it even 1 out of 10 but that s the lowest...!