How Murray Saved Christmas
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 5, 2014
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

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

Critic Reviews

  1. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Dec 5, 2014
    80
    It's a clever, funny hour that's written in rhyme with imaginative songs threaded throughout.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Erik Adams
    Dec 5, 2014
    58
    Sentiment- and story-wise, How Murray Saved Christmas is all over the place, but its joke-telling abilities live up to the shiniest lines on its creators’ resumes.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Dec 5, 2014
    50
    Ultimately, though, it all feels a bit more clever on the page than the screen, and the music becomes too much of a good thing, given its ubiquity.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Patrick Kevin Day
    Dec 5, 2014
    50
    Despite chuckles here and there, the special's sensibility will probably hold more appeal for viewers closer to Murray's age than the boys and girls looking for something to watch and re-watch.

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. smw
    Sep 27, 2016
    10
    I didn't expect to like it -- but it was fresh, brilliantly funny for kids and adults, mildly irreverent, and full of quotable gag lines thatI didn't expect to like it -- but it was fresh, brilliantly funny for kids and adults, mildly irreverent, and full of quotable gag lines that have become part of the holiday vocabulary for my kids and me.… Full Review »
  2. lwarren
    Dec 26, 2016
    10
    The first Xmas special to have the snarkiness of The Simpsons. Love it! This is totally written for grownups or teens, lots of old pop cultureThe first Xmas special to have the snarkiness of The Simpsons. Love it! This is totally written for grownups or teens, lots of old pop culture references and clever jokes, like a hip-hop Easter Bunny who raps (backed up by his Peeps), a Woody Allen-inspired neurotic groundhog, even a flashback to newsreel-style footage from the 1940s big band era.… Full Review »
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