Allen Gregory
FOX | Release Date: October 30, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
12
Negative:
8

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklOct 26, 2011
Season 1 Review: The absurdity of an omniscient sophisticate still in short pants carries plenty of comedic potential. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyOct 28, 2011
Season 1 Review: This kid behaves so obnoxiously toward the whole world that we want to stand up and scream, "Doesn't anybody in this whole school know how to spit in this kid's sushi roll? Is there not one of you who could jam his head into a toilet?" Which is, of course, exactly the response that creator Jonah Hill wants. Read full review
58
NewsdayDiane WertsOct 27, 2011
Season 1 Review: So pleased with itself, it doesn't seem concerned about pleasing us. Read full review
50
PopMattersMarisa LaScalaOct 31, 2011
Season 1 Review: The writers need to differentiate how Allen Gregory relates to Jeremy from how he relates to Julie. If the show had Allen Gregory treat Jeremy and Julie differently, there'd be more opportunity for a wider variety of jokes, including some that don't involve yelling. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertOct 28, 2011
Season 1 Review: I love the way Allen Gregory talks down to every adult he encounters, as if they're members of a lower species. But the world built around that core of satire is a lot less promising. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkOct 27, 2011
Season 1 Review: Maybe the content also will rise to the level of the art deco-ish visuals. But the opening episode has an overall creepy feel to it, paced of course by a seven-year-old's carnal longings for his gruff sexagenerian principal. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandOct 27, 2011
Season 1 Review: It's hard to think of anyone likable among the main characters, except for Jeremy. And that's the sly point of the show. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczOct 25, 2011
Season 1 Review: Obviously, he is supposed to be insufferable, but there's not enough else in the show to distract you from just how much you want to shove the tiny egomaniac into his Louis Vuitton lunch box. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike HaleOct 28, 2011
Season 1 Review: Conceptual fuzziness isn't the main problem. That would be the writing, a labored attempt to parody certain Manhattan and Malibu attitudes and speech patterns Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryOct 28, 2011
Season 1 Review: Allen Gregory's over-the-top characters don't promise to age very well. That's a shame, really, since the show has a cool look and actually the potential to be about something in dealing with how a pretentious egghead tries to fit in. Read full review
40
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanOct 27, 2011
Season 1 Review: Perhaps Allen Gregory's arrogance is meant to be entertaining, but I just found it mostly insufferable, despite his occasional flashes of self-awareness. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydOct 27, 2011
Season 1 Review: Once in a while, he sounds like a little boy. This much works, but whether it can sustain a series is a fair question. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenOct 27, 2011
Season 1 Review: Maybe as an animated sketch on "Saturday Night Live," Allen Gregory would leave viewers eager for more. But in half-hour form, it's too much of the same. Read full review
33
HitfixAlan SepinwallOct 31, 2011
Season 1 Review: It could be a problem Allen Gregory solves later on, either by softening its main character (and his dad) or by pushing supporting characters more to the forefront, but the version on display in the pilot is one I have no interest in ever watching again. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanOct 31, 2011
Season 1 Review: With no other likable characters and a thin premise, Allen Gregory seems as one-dimensional as the animation. Read full review
30
Washington PostHank StueverOct 27, 2011
Season 1 Review: Although Allen Gregory might have worked as a sardonic, sideways blow to the gifted-child culture, it is so thoroughly coated in a single flavor of sourness that it is difficult to view it as anything but pointless and quickly repetitive. Read full review
30
Zap2it (Inside the Box)David EcksteinOct 25, 2011
Season 1 Review: For all its stylistic appeal, one sizable problem remains with Allen Gregory--it's not funny. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineMike LechevallierOct 31, 2011
Season 1 Review: For what it's worth, Hill's performance as Allen Gregory's titular character is the only noteworthy aspect of an otherwise shoddy show. Read full review
25
People WeeklyTom GliattoOct 28, 2011
Season 1 Review: This is one kid who should not stay in the picture. [7 Nov 2011, p.45]
25
USA TodayRobert BiancoOct 27, 2011
Season 1 Review: Gross, ugly, vicious and stupid--Allen is all of that, to be sure. But funny? Too rarely to matter. Read full review
10
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinNov 1, 2011
Season 1 Review: Allen Gregory is not funny--not even a little bit--and it is not remotely entertaining. Read full review
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