HBO | Release Date: December 4, 2017
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METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
21
Mixed:
12
Negative:
3
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New York Daily NewsDavid BianculliJan 13, 2026
Season 1 Review: Cohen is talented, but there's nothing he's doing that wasn't done better, and more creatively, by Andy Kaufman decades ago. [21 Feb 2003]
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New York Daily NewsDavid BianculliAug 12, 2013
Season 1 Review: It's not that Cohen, especially in his Ali G character, never gets off an amusing ad lib. It's just that his humor and his characters aren't nearly funny enough. And several times they cross the line into all-out meanness. It's an approach that's uncalled for, unimpressive and - as when he picks on a religious woman simply because she's overweight - horribly unfunny. [21 Feb 2003, p.139]
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Newark Star-LedgerSteve HedgpethAug 12, 2013
Season 2 Review: Frankly, Da Ali G Show, which begins its second season this week, is a huge embarrassment. [18 July 2004, p.8]