2 Broke Girls
CBS | Release Date: September 19, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanSep 20, 2011
Season 1 Review: It could be that, like a lot of sitcom pilots, Broke Girls is trying too hard. But when the jokes work, they're funny, so there's hope. Read full review
58
HitfixAlan SepinwallSep 19, 2011
Season 1 Review: A good sitcom is much more likely to have started life with a bad pilot than a good drama, and there are little glimmers in each episode that suggest a much better show could come later. But those glimmers are much more obvious in 2 Broke Girls than in "Whitney." Read full review
50
The New YorkerEmily NussbaumDec 8, 2011
Season 1 Review: There's so much potential here it kills me--a deep female friendship, raw humor about class, and a show that puts young women's sexuality dead center, rather than using it as visual spice, as in some cable series about bad-boy antiheroes. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleySep 19, 2011
Season 1 Review: The pilot begins promisingly with Max unfurling an Aaron Sorkin-like rant at a customer foolish enough to snap his fingers to get her attention. But after that there are too many one-liners about semen stains and orgasms that aren't clever, just pronounced very loudly to carry over the titters of a studio audience. Read full review
50
TimeJames PoniewozikSep 19, 2011
Season 1 Review: It was half appealing, with strong chemistry between Kat Dennings​ and Beth Behrs, and half awful, with some egregiously clunky one-liners and borderline (or over the border) offensive ethnic caricatures. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda StasiSep 19, 2011
Season 1 Review: Its two stars, Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs, who make this show bearable. With different casting, this show would be as flat as the pancakes they serve up in the Brooklyn diner where they work. Read full review
50
PopMattersMichael LandweberSep 19, 2011
Season 1 Review: It seems a missed opportunity: the premise of the spoiled rich kid and the sassy poor kid forced to team up is an old story that often works. But both Caroline and Max come across as prep school students who are slumming. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklSep 16, 2011
Season 1 Review: 2 Broke Girls has its fair share of genuinely funny lines....But the program has plenty of eye-rollers, too. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkSep 16, 2011
Season 1 Review: I liked this first episode better the first time around. Upon further review, its excesses and kitchen sink humor aren't wearing as well. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverSep 16, 2011
Season 1 Review: For sitcom's premise sake, Kat reluctantly offers Caroline a place to stay, and before you know it we're watching a lukewarm revamp of "The Odd Couple." Read full review
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