Freak Show

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Season 1
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    80
    Outrageous, bizarre, effortlessly hip and unsubtle in magically edgy ways.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    80
    Alternately goofy and smartly satirical, ["Freak Show"] may be the best companion to "South Park" Comedy Central has come up with yet.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Virginia Heffernan
    70
    There’s plenty to laugh at here.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Whitney Pastorek
    67
    This superhero spoof's odd humor manages to distract from the shudders... but just barely. [6 Oct 2006, p.63]
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  6. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    40
    "Freak Show" aspires to be both infantile and yet politically and socially astute, and it falls short on the latter. The satire doesn't quite hit its marks.

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User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 8 out of 26
  1. BobF.
    Jul 14, 2007
    10
    Brilliant.
  2. JohnW
    Mar 28, 2007
    10
    Each episode has been better than the next. The 2-part season finale was easily the best and has proven itself to be one of the funniest Each episode has been better than the next. The 2-part season finale was easily the best and has proven itself to be one of the funniest shows on tv today.… Full Review »
  3. JennyB
    Mar 13, 2007
    10
    funny as hell!
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