#1 Happy Family USA

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Season 1
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9

Critic Reviews

  1. Paste Magazine
    Reviewed by: Will DiGravio
    May 6, 2025
    90
    It is an incredibly funny, incisive study in the reactive nature of human emotion.
  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Apr 17, 2025
    83
    Funny and sad, exaggerated and honest, Youssef and Brady’s series offers escape and catharsis, all at the same time.
  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Hannah J Davies
    Apr 17, 2025
    80
    The show takes a bit of time to warm up. .... But when it hits the bullseye, it is something special. This certainly isn’t America’s happiest family, but there’s a lot of laughter mixed in with the pain.
  5. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Apr 17, 2025
    80
    #1 Happy Family USA is a bit uneven in the comedy department, but we’ll forgive that because whatever humor that comes out of the Hussein family’s attempts to blend into American society should be funnier than just one-off gags.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Esther Zuckerman
    Apr 16, 2025
    80
    A Muslim family in New Jersey facing bigotry after Sept. 11 doesn’t sound like a particularly fruitful sitcom premise. But Ramy Youssef has managed to make the subject matter grimly hilarious.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Apr 16, 2025
    80
    #1 Happy Family USA is broad and coarse and silly and, at its best, pointedly audacious in its desire to offend and possibly enlighten. It isn’t consistent, but it’s structured in a way so that much of its audience will be instantly alienated and the rest will be able to enjoy a show that settles into its voice as it goes along.
  8. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Rendy Jones
    Apr 16, 2025
    80
    “#1 Happy Family USA” is a biting, insightful, and clever social animated satire, perfect for Youssef’s fanbase.
  9. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Saloni Gajjar
    Apr 16, 2025
    67
    #1 Happy Family USA starts to tighten its focus as it goes on, finding a relatively comfortable comedic groove by the end. The animation style is nothing audiences haven’t seen before, but at least the show makes good use of the genre to dive creatively into Rumi’s visions and how he processes childhood trauma.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Alison Herman
    Apr 17, 2025
    60
    “#1 Happy Family USA” has moments of poignance and humor; surprisingly if problematically for a would-be family sitcom, it’s more effective at the former than the latter. But over eight episodes, it never quite lands on a consistent balance of the two, nor a sense of what it wants to be.