Carpoolers
ABC | Release Date: October 2, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
13
Negative:
10

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: From what I can tell, it’s going to be the same show every show. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Carpoolers isn’t terrible; it’s tolerable and even mildly funny at times. Read full review
50
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: Carpoolers has a certain loopy cuteness to it, but the show lacks a beating heart, some strong central figure to care about and root for. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: The show doesn't aim very high. It's only a little bit more than just another network sitcom about marital conflict and about how men will be men. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: At first, this new comedy about four mostly wimpy dudes seems just stupid, but some of it is decent. Read full review
50
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: A decent, potentially appealing cast -- one that includes Fred Goss ("Sons and Daughters"), Faith Ford and Jerry O'Connell--has to make do with ho-hum storylines and writing that lacks anything resembling real snap and imagination. Read full review
50
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: It could develop (its creator is Bruce McCulloch from "Kids in the Hall"), but right now, it's only so-so. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: The best thing in the show's favor is its single-camera style and a cast that knows its way around a punchline, though these are few and far between. In general, stories are contrived and exaggerated, and they fail to deliver even a mild comedy payoff. Read full review
40
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: The carpoolers are funniest when they just sing along with the radio--not a good sign. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: There's little that's surprising let alone interesting about Carpoolers despite the best efforts of an enthusiastic cast, most notably O'Connell. Read full review
40
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Carpoolers, are at least amusing even if equally socially maladroit. Carpoolers is a genially oddball comedy. Read full review
40
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: There's some amusing material on the margins of the show--the guys use OnStar to settle a debate about the lyrics to a song on the radio, Dougie admits his marriage isn't perfect and his wife "sometimes she gets up in the middle of the night and bakes in her sleep"--but outside of Jerry Minor's winning performance as the overextended but always cheerful Aubrey, it's completely forgettable. Read full review
40
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Unless the writers figure out a way to step away from the car without stepping away from the funny, I'm not sure how long the show can stay there before it's pulled over. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Carpoolers, despite a few likable cast members and passable jokes, is in so much trouble, it's pulled over, on the shoulder. Read full review
30
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: Carpoolers is like a flimsy "Saturday Night Live" skit pounded home and running on beyond endurance. Actors sputter their lines, dither and whimper like some 1950s sitcom. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: It just isn't funny. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: The women here aren’t foils for male inferiority; they’re just dragging the boys down further with their alternately lazy, nutty or emasculating ways. Read full review
30
PopMattersDaynah Burnett
Season 1 Review: Carpoolers opted to careen straight into a gender war minefield, with stock male characters looking hapless amid a seeming pack of controlling, lazy, and deceitful women. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: Mainly Carpoolers uses the cheap conceit of four guys sharing time in the car (confiding in each other, getting away from their troubles at home) to distract you from the fact this is merely another unfunny comedy of forced antics, cliched jokes and unbelievable characters. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: The show is so painfully witless and dull, your daily commute may begin to seem entertaining in comparison. Read full review
20
VarietyPhil Gallo
Season 1 Review: Carpoolers is shockingly dull and unfunny with Fred Goss shoehorned in an uninspiring role. Read full review
20
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Well, a lot of thought and money goes into advertising, and basing a show on characters that emerged from that effort and expense is no more bogus on its face than making up ridiculous excuses for human beings out of thin air, like the men in Carpoolers. Read full review
0
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Carpoolers tanks like the Titanic. Read full review
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