People WeeklyTom Gliatto

This makeover series isn't breaking any new ground: A wallflower, repotted and pruned, blooms overnight into an assured woman willing to tackle her dream date. The real asset here is its charming British host, style adviser Louise Roe.

Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara

Although generating the sort of minor social revolution that the five hosts of "Queer Eye" accomplished is too tall an order for even a long and lovely British gal, Roe does manage to quickly become the stylish older sister you wish you had.

Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker

If you crossed The Bachelorette with Supernanny and What Not to Wear, you'd get this sweetly drippy makeover show.

VarietyBrian Lowry

While Plain Jane hardly amounts to a feminist breakthrough (egad, far from it), given the appetite for such fare, the CW--having kissed plenty of unscripted frogs--might have found a glass slipper that fits.

Washington PostEmily Yahr

While it could be captivating to watch an everyday person change everything about herself to gain confidence (Hollywood-speak for "become hotter"), it's simply unsatisfying when the magical transformation takes place thanks to a highly trained team of stylists, a personal life coach and pricey electronic equipment.

The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley

Plain Jane is more than shopping spree and vocabulary builder; it betrays a cockamamie respect for the therapeutic process, and it shouldn’t be giving too much away to tell you that the snails lose, that the plain Janes blossom, and that no stimulus money has been wasted along the way.

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

In return for confessing to a longtime crush that she's had feelings for him, an ordinary looking woman - the "Plain Jane" - is treated to a makeover by British fashion journalist Louise Roe, whose bag of tricks doesn't extend much past what you'd see on "What Not to Wear" or a host of other shows.

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

Plain Jane, The CW's counterfeit ugly-duckling show, is too triflingly stupid to reach Breakthrough's profound depth of awfulness, but give it points for its abject phoniness.

SlateTroy Patterson

Too superficial to be insincere, the show never even pretends to care about her interests or her character.