Cavemen
ABC | Release Date: October 2, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
19
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
12

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Wall Street JournalDorothy Rabinowitz
Season 1 Review: It ought to be said that this strange slice of life about three male cavepersons making their way in the workaday world has its charms, even for those of us who would have preferred a sitcom peopled by that lizard. Read full review
30
PopMattersMarisa LaScala
Season 1 Review: Only Kroll managed to wring any comedy out of this ham-handed premise. Read full review
25
New York PostAdam Buckman
Season 1 Review: It became clear to me that Cavemen is extinct on arrival. Read full review
25
Detroit Free Press
Season 1 Review: The producers must have been living in a cave when they wrote this inept, misfiring social satire. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: A show that was once dumb and offensive is now dumb and pointless. Read full review
20
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Cavemen is pretty bad. It's definitely among the stalest pieces of bread in the loaf, which already includes 'Two and a Half Men' and 'According to Jim.' And it's certainly the most tasteless. Read full review
20
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: Cavemen, set in some version of San Diego where people speak with Southern accents, doesn’t have moments as much as microseconds suspended from any attempt at narrative. Read full review
10
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: It’s easy to see why preview DVDs weren’t distributed–the show just isn’t funny. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: What few laughs were once there [in the orginal pilot] have now been effectively removed. Read full review
10
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: An utterly bland exercise--a slacker buddy comedy with a more elaborate makeup budget in which the protagonists happen to be cavemen. Read full review
10
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: Let's pretend that the plot's worth recounting. Read full review
0
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: A show that is no longer offensively not funny, just pointless and not funny. Read full review
0
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Cavemen is itself an embarrassment because it's not funny. At all. Read full review
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