Big Lake
Comedy Central | Release Date: August 17, 2010
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Oh, no--can it really be an other sitcom about a grown son moving back home after failing big time in the big city? Yes. But not, "oh, no." Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: Their [Gethard and Parnell] interplay, once things get moving, is appealing, if not quite compelling, but what sold me on the pilot was the moment when 14-year-old Dylan Blue, as Gethard's beyond-the-law kid brother, revealed his dark side, and his gun; I was a little frightened. Read full review
60
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: I might not believe for a moment that any of these people actually exist in nature, much less Pennsylvania, but Big Lake, with its wink and a nod to a format that always required suspension of disbelief, is at least more than willing to own its silliness. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. Perigard
Season 1 Review: Many of the jokes are non sequitur riffs that turn into endurance tests. The cast seems to be aware of it. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: The show's tone slips between sitcom cheese and push-the-envelope absurdity. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: It just plays like strung-together sketch comedy, working much harder for fewer rewards than if it added a little depth to the characters. Read full review
30
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: It's just a flat traditional sitcom built around lazy, repetitive jokes and audience cackles. It's just bad. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: Broadly limned, Big Lake works neither as a satire--and it stops trying after the delivery of Josh's back story--nor as an adventure in surrealist comedy, and it is tough to watch the strain for eccentricity. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: The mock-retro sitcom Big Lake, which boasts big-name producers (Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy, whose The Other Guys is currently in theaters) but little in the way of actual comedy. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterRandee Dawn
Season 1 Review: With this much bad acting and writing, this body of water should be declared a Superfund site. Read full review
20
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Having endured two installments, it's frankly hard to imagine anybody wading through Big Lake 98 more times. Read full review
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