Guys With Kids
NBC | Release Date: September 12, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
11
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Guys With Kids is a perfect confection of witty dialogue and slapstick action. Read full review
63
People WeeklyTom GliattoSep 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: The opening gag of this new series is not just contrived but also uncomfortable.... But the show improves from there. [17 Sep 2012, p.40]
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: The weak link is Jesse Bradford's Chris.... The other couples are more humanely drawn. Because they make emotional and psychological sense, the chirpy sitcom banter goes down more smoothly. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's precisely what the title says: just new iterations of the same spit-up and teething jokes. Read full review
50
Zap2it (Inside the Box)Rick PorterSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: The show feels like it should be better. Read full review
50
PopMattersMichael AbernethySep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Save for Sheila, the parents are likable and their circumstances familiar, but Guys with Kids relies too often on predictable jokes. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleySep 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: Some of the jokes are amusing, but the show is a traditional sitcom that looks slightly dated. Read full review
42
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: There are some adorable tots mugging hard on NBC's Guy with Kids. The adults muck it all up. Read full review
42
Uncle BarkyEd BarkSep 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Guys with Kids is over-populated, under-funny and no match for the simple charms of Three Men and a Baby, the surprise mega-hit of 1987. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyJessica ShawSep 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's 30 minutes of cringeworthy material, full of lazy jokes and stereotypes of overwhelmed dads and uptight ex-wives. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Modern guys may have all manner of hilarious, disturbing and conflicting feelings about their children and the role of caregiver, but none of them make it into the pilot. Only Gary, exhausted and overwhelmed, seems to be experiencing life with an actual child, which is why he gets all the best lines. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleySep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Almost all of it feels hit-and-run, an exercise in setting up a clever line here or a cartoonish response there. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowrySep 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: The backdrop is obviously meant to be relatable, but the execution brings such a stale approach to sexual politics as to feel dated by the first act break. Read full review
37
USA TodayRobert BiancoSep 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Guys With Kids is an idea in search of a show. And a better idea. Read full review
30
SalonWilla PaskinSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's far too mediocre to be truly provocative even if the premise is a carefully camouflaged bit of retrograde. Read full review
30
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GraySep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Parenting can be a tough slog, but I've always found it to come with more laughs than this sorry show. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: I expect more from you [Jimmy Fallon] than this insipid sitcom. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Notwithstanding the unfathomable reaction of the studio audience, the show certainly couldn't survive on the basis of its humor, because there is none. Read full review
25
NewsdayDiane WertsSep 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: Nothing to see here. Move on. Read full review
20
TimeJames PoniewozikSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's a cheap, stale, stereotype-addicted sitcom where no one, male or female, comes off especially well or likeable, excepting possibly the babies. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushSep 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Run, don't walk, from this depressingly generic retro-sitcom about--guess what--guys with kids. Read full review
20
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanSep 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: The women here are shrewish, the vibe is both manic and tired, and overall, the decent cast (which includes the wonderful Anthony Anderson) is given nothing funny to do. Read full review
12
RedEyeCurt WagnerSep 11, 2012
Season 1 Review: I'd rather babysit a dozen children between the ages of 2 and 10 then sit through more of this. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanSep 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's a show that should never have been put on paper to begin with. Read full review
10
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenSep 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: Truly, all the actors on Guys with Kids--even the unknown children used as props--deserve better writing than what they get in this crummy, unimaginative sitcom. Read full review
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