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Positive:
14
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The show is well-conceived, well-written and very funny. [16 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Home Improvement isn't groundbreaking TV or even the most original new show
of the year (that would be Eerie, Indiana), but it's the most perfectly
realized: an idea whose time has come - the ripe-for-ribbing men's movement -
combined with sharp writing and once-in-a-blue-moon cast chemistry. [17 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 2 Review:
If anything, "Home Improvement" promises to be even more impressive in this, its sophomore year. ... Across the board, the show's stars have found greater comfort in their characters and are able to give them an easy, believable air and friendliness. [16 Sep 1992]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
There are more than a few good laughs in tonight's episode, and next week's is even better. [17 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 3 Review:
Unlike "Seinfeld" or "The Larry Sanders Show," which stretch the boundaries of the half-hour comedy form, "Home Improvement" is quite simply an example of the most conventional sitcom evolved to its highest form. All the characters are capable of getting laughs, and the broad physical comedy, added to the show's clever visual style, deftly cut across demographic lines. [9 Mar 1994]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
A very funny show. [8 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
There are several hearty laughs in "Home Improvement" - the best you can ask of any TV comedy. [12 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 2 Review:
It may be formula, but one where all the elements reliably click. [16 Sep 1992]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
A one-joke domestic sitcom redeemed by the joke's effectiveness. [17 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Tim Allen proved at the Emmys just how tired his shtick has become. [16 Sep 1992]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Mr. Allen's sitcom may well work, although by the second episode it already shows uneasy signs of cuteness bloat. [17 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
In more exciting times, "Home Improvement" might barely pass muster as tolerable froth. But in a new TV season low on innovation and lean on potential hits, the happy competence of "Home Improvement" seems almost spectacular. [17 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Allen displays a personality at turns engaging, enraging and endearing ... The problem is that "Home Improvement" is a one-joke sitcom. [17 Sep 1991]
Jun 12, 2013
Season 6 Review:
The fact that Home Improvement remains popular is a testament to its cast's charm, because you can go a full half hour without locating anything resembling a setup-plus-punchline; I swear, there are weeks when the studio audience is laughing only at the slow-burn expressions on Allen's face and at the funny outtakes that roll over the closing credits.
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Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
There's a certain sensitivity behind Allen's swagger - he's a mouse in macho duds - but just how many home appliances are there for him to destroy? [17 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
TV comedy at its most conventional and least interesting. [17 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Memo to ABC: Toss out Tim, make the [neighbor] the central character and retitle this mess "Hormonal Improvement." You're welcome. [9 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Without a stronger role for his wife (Patricia Richardson) and some trimming around the edges, like lopping off the sexist tool-girl helper on his TV show, it's mostly a botched job. [12 Sep 1991]
Jun 21, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Yes, a lot of Taylor goes an awfully little way, "Home Improvement" being a genuinely unfunny transmission devoid of anything much akin to what might remotely be categorized as humor. [17 Sep 1991]
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