Big Shots
ABC | Release Date: September 27, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
7
Negative:
13

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Big Shots matches affecting characters with genuinely funny stories and dialogue. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: A light-hearted, comedic drama about four wealthy guys with women troubles and work problems. Read full review
60
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: One of television’s rare examples of successful farce. Read full review
60
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: Shots has some potential. The leads - Michael Vartan ("Alias"), Dylan McDermott ("The Practice"), Joshua Malina ("The West Wing"), Christopher Titus ("Titus")--have chemistry, and there are some funny lines and situations. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Jon Harmon Feldman’s naughty script doesn’t develop much chemistry among the guys. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Terrific cast, some fun, but overall the writing is often as dead as Walter. Read full review
50
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: Big Shots isn't brilliant. And despite that attractive, well-matched male ensemble, the so-so series premiere lacks sufficient creative zing. Read full review
40
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: Big Shots tries way too hard to be shocking and raunchy. The actors resemble kiddies at school trying to impress one another with the latest naughty word learned in gym class. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicRandy Cordova
Season 1 Review: The hunk quotient is pretty high. But that doesn't overcome the fact that the show is dumb and uninvolving. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: It suffers from too much gloom and glam. Read full review
37
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: The problem with Big Shots is that the men don't sound like anyone at all, male or female. Read full review
30
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: We're all for handsome guys exploring their feminine side, but we want posters of them holding babies, not being them. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: When all is said and done, the series feels less like Wisteria Lane than "Stand By Me" channeled through Danielle Steel. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: The worst offense is that it seems to have been pitched as the male version of you-know-what without any real interest in speaking to the notion of what it means to be a man or, if you'd like, what men think, feel and say. Read full review
12
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Big Shots is a big waste. Read full review
10
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: It's just awful. Read full review
10
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: Big Shots, an obnoxious waste of time that's likely the season's worst new show. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: Feldman has created a quartet of rich guys so insufferable, self-centered and whiny that they make the men of feminist masterwork "The Golden Notebook," or even "The Nanny Diaries," look positively heroic. Read full review
10
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Big Shots is an extremely unflattering showcase for these actors, particularly McDermott, whose overacting as the show’s bad boy puts the mug in smug. Read full review
10
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: There's nothing funny about tonight's Big Shots. Read full review
0
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: No matter where the goofy "Desperate Housewives" goes, it's not into the toilet, which is where Big Shots spends its time both literally and figuratively. Read full review
0
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: I'd prefer you'd forget that one, and in coming years, I'll bet stars Dylan McDermott, Christopher Titus and Michael Vartan will hope to forget it, too. It's not worth your time or theirs. Read full review
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