Crumbs
ABC | Release Date: January 12, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
10
Negative:
9

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Crumbs' approach to the foibles of the family, though not for the tender-hearted, is raucously funny. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyNicholas Fonseca
Season 1 Review: Crumbs has promise. [13 Jan 2006, p.71]
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: It's actually rather funny, broadly entertaining and blessed with a sweet screwball spirit. It's a promising farce with heart. Read full review
70
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: "Crumbs" is surprisingly good. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: There is a dynamic of affection and caring that makes the series more than just a collection of witty lines effectively delivered. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: An offbeat show that veers between wacky and truly poignant extremes.
60
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: Feels like an indie feature idea crammed into a sitcom. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: "Crumbs" is hideously overscored.... That's unfortunate, because the sappy swells detract from the series' wicked dialogue, and scenes oozing with the brand of dark, twisted humor only family can inflict upon one another. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Since the show stars all these great TV actors... the show sustains some laughs that it wouldn't otherwise be able to wring out of bad material. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: "Crumbs" elicits laughs from time to time, but given the subject matter, I still think this particular story would have been better told as a comedic drama than as the occasionally dramatic comedy that it is. Read full review
50
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: Next Thursday's outing is much better [than the pilot], suggesting the series could generate some laughs over the long haul. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: To the extent Crumbs works at all, it works because of Curtin. Read full review
40
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: To its credit, Crumbs tries to go deeper in depicting conflicted characters. That, unfortunately, doesn't make this series any funnier. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Credit the veteran cast with making the series barely tolerable, but for the most part "Crumbs" is pretty crummy, the sitcom deconstructed to its most primordial form. Read full review
40
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Though it's admirable that ABC took a chance on a family that does not revolve around a dumb, doughy dad and sassy kids, the tragedy at the core of the Crumb clan ensures that the comedy doesn't quite get off the ground. Read full review
40
The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Season 1 Review: Still, if it's not funny, why give "Crumbs" any attention at all? Because it's an unusual experiment: not only is the show set among a fraction of the American gentry that few would consider relatable, but it also exhibits more gravitas than any sitcom in television history. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Every year, there's at least one sitcom that takes an extremely talented cast, and wastes all that talent in an extremely disappointing series. Read full review
38
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: It just doesn't work. [30 Jan 2006, p.38]
30
Washington PostChip Crews
Season 1 Review: In the end, the one-note antics grow wearisome. Read full review
30
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: These actors deserve better material. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: You have no idea how much restraint I'm using not to call it "Crummy." Oops. Lost the restraint. Read full review
12
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: We watched a second episode of "Crumbs" just to make sure there wasn't something hilarious for you under a rock, some morsel of humor left over. Um, no. Read full review
10
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Not only do you get insufferable comedy, but phony drama, too. Read full review
10
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: It mistakes boorishness for zaniness. Read full review
10
PopMattersStephen Kelly
Season 1 Review: A relentlessly unfunny mid-season replacement comedy from ABC that sucks all the fun out of dysfunction, the show could have been pitched to network execs as "Arrested Development meets Ordinary People." But it shows none of the former's wit or latter's intelligence. Read full review
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