Freddie
ABC | Release Date: October 12, 2005
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
10
Negative:
13

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: "Freddie" isn't groundbreaking, but it's watchable, and the characters are very likable. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: It's an amiable show whose main purpose is to give Prinze a place to be amiable in, and it does that well enough, when it isn't straining for laughs or wandering too far from the path of probability. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyAlynda Wheat
Season 1 Review: [A] bland sitcom. [14 Oct 2005, p.142]
50
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Freddie is a series of collisions -- between generations, sexes, ethnicities and perhaps most of all between youthful Latin macho and imperious Latin matriarchy in the struggle to rule the house. Read full review
50
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: Cynical, randy, derivative and as wearily familiar as a cup of cheap joe, "Freddie" is also expertly cast, acted, written and directed. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: The new premiere isn't horrible, and it shows some promise. Read full review
50
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: [A] bland, formulaic family comedy. Read full review
50
New York PostAdam Buckman
Season 1 Review: This guy has a great personality. Building a likable sitcom around him ought to be a no-brainer. So why haven't they done it? Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: The big problem is Prinze himself, an actor whose work has shown much charm but not much range. Here, even the charm is missing as he dwells on every joke and gesture. Read full review
40
Cleveland Plain DealerMark Dawidziak
Season 1 Review: The best aspect of "Freddie" is that it makes an earnest attempt to depict a loving, supportive Latino family. You want to spend time with them, but only if the writers put as much sizzle into the scripts as Freddie does in his beloved recipes. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: A fairly pedestrian comedy that needs all the studio-generated laughter it can muster. Read full review
38
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: Maybe Prinze should just clear the soundstage of all these people, stand there alone and start over. [24 Oct 2005, p.41]
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)John Leonard
Season 1 Review: Freddie... isn’t funny. Read full review
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: It appears Freddie Prinze Jr. studied at the Matt LeBlanc School of Acting given his mumbling performance and nice-guy-cum-neanderthal portrayal of Freddie Moreno. Read full review
30
VarietyPhil Gallo
Season 1 Review: Its humor is simple and, at times, degrading. Read full review
20
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: ''Freddie" tries to distinguish itself with Puerto Rican dash, and it has been even more ruthlessly built to appeal to TV's most coveted audience, young women, by exploiting Prinze's pinup appeal. Maybe ABC should think about adding a third element to help the show attract viewers: It's called good writing. Read full review
20
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: It's ABC's idea of good, clean fun. Sad that it's the best idea the network could have. Read full review
10
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: The fall's worst new comedy. Read full review
10
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: An absolute mess. Read full review
10
Village VoiceJoy Press
Season 1 Review: A transparent, if lame, vehicle for Freddie Prinze Jr. Read full review
10
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
Season 1 Review: Never amusing, "Freddie" is relentlessly unreal and monotonously sophomoric. Read full review
10
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: Dead on arrival in the laughs department. Read full review
10
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: The characters aren't dimensional, or very involving, and Freddie has a drab sort of haplessness that makes him seem at best a chump, at worst a chimp. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: Terrible writing, painful acting, forced comic situations. Read full review
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