CBS | Release Date: March 5, 1986
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
80
Washington PostTom ShalesMay 1, 2014
Season 1 Review: It is a happy, sweet surprise, much more humane than almost any of the teen-age comedies that have broken out like acne on the movie screens of the nation during what seems like an interminable cinematic puberty. [5 Mar 1986, p.D1]
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Los Angeles TimesLee MarguliesMay 1, 2014
Season 1 Review: If you're not expecting the motion picture, Fast Times is rather pleasant. Not as wacky as "Square Pegs," the underappreciated 1982 CBS comedy that also focused on high school students and their teachers, it is no less appealing, boasting an attractive, engaging cast and a warm, gentle sense of humor. (And the high-energy, animated title sequence, featuring a theme song by Oingo Boingo, is dynamite.) [5 Mar 1986, p.C-10]
40
Chicago TribuneClifford TerryMay 1, 2014
Season 1 Review: Fast Times is strictly spoon-gagging grotty-to-the-max, lacking the bite and outrageousness of the movie and coming across, in its tidied-up-for-television form, as nothing more than a peach-fuzz "Punky Brewster." [5 Mar 1986, p.C7]
30
San Diego Union-TribuneGus StevensMay 1, 2014
Season 1 Review: Thumb-sucking scripts, actors without direction and forgettable emotional clout. [6 Mar 1986, p.E-8]