Imaginary Mary
ABC | Release Date: March 29, 2017
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
8
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Uncle BarkyEd BarkMar 27, 2017
Season 1 Review: It seems like a harmless little diversion at this point, with Elfman and Dratch playing well off one another in a fantasy that may have enough winning moments to survive its tough-to-pull-off premise. Read full review
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Entertainment WeeklyShirley LiMar 27, 2017
Season 1 Review: While Dratch infuses Mary with impressive energy, she interacts only with Alice, and the show comes off feeling lopsided as a result. [Mar 31 2017, p.57] Read full review
50
NewsdayVerne GayMar 29, 2017
Season 1 Review: Elfman is good (as usual), but Alice doesn’t give her a whole lot of room to expand either. ... There’s not much more here, other than those standard sitcom garnishments, and that spunky, chatty fuzzball. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardMar 28, 2017
Season 1 Review: You don’t need a CGI delusion whose one skill is pratfalls. Elfman is game and charming, and Scarrwener could be the reincarnation of Janeane Garofalo. Imaginary Mary just needs to go away. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenMar 24, 2017
Season 1 Review: Imaginary Mary would be more generic if it didn’t have Mary, but when she appears on screen with a grating voice that betrays Alice’s independent career woman id, it adds little comedy to the show. Read full review
37
USA TodayRobert BiancoMar 28, 2017
Season 1 Review: Yes, it's a fantasy, but it's an oddly off-putting one. Read full review
33
The Lincoln Journal StarJeff KorbelikMar 27, 2017
Season 1 Review: Elfman’s character brings back her imaginary friend, Mary, from her childhood to help her deal. Mary, voiced by Rachel Dratch, is not funny, just annoying, extremely so. Read full review
30
We Got This CoveredJon NegroniMar 29, 2017
Season 1 Review: Despite going by a well-intentioned recipe, Imaginary Mary fails to stick any sort of landing on what it wants to say about its lead, except that she is being manipulated by a demon yeti with a personality as inconsistent as the show’s script. The entire cast--and the animators--deserve better. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergMar 29, 2017
Season 1 Review: Proof of how dated and hacky Imaginary Mary is will come from actually watching Imaginary Mary. Read full review
30
VarietySonia SaraiyaMar 24, 2017
Season 1 Review: It’s haphazardness that most radiates from the sitcom. Imaginary Mary feels a little hasty and half-baked, with a few ideas that point to interesting concepts without the full force of consideration behind any of them. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubErik AdamsMar 29, 2017
Season 1 Review: The show feels like it’s made up of pieces from several different jigsaw puzzles, the tabs jammed into the blanks with zero regard for compatibility. The result is a mishmash of tones, styles, and themes that’s about as appealing as Mary’s original, noseless-mini-yeti-with-a-good-dental-plan design. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMar 28, 2017
Season 1 Review: The real problem is that even if you buy into the show’s concept, it’s just not very funny or interesting. The only thing imaginary about Mary may well be the notion that it has a future. Read full review
20
ColliderAllison KeeneMar 28, 2017
Season 1 Review: What it really needed, though, was somebody real to suggest they scrap the imaginary part. Read full review
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