Impastor
TV Land | Release Date: July 15, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
11
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
NewsdayDiane WertsJul 13, 2015
Season 1 Review: Impastor weakens its good work by trying a bit too hard. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyJennifer MaasJul 6, 2015
Season 1 Review: With Buddy's unorthodox ability to solve hid flock's problems, the sitcom flirts with comedy salvation. [10/17 Jul 2015, p.102]
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJul 10, 2015
Season 1 Review: Buddy is the improbable antihero of a cheerfully improbable comedy. [13-26 Jul 2015, p.12]
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJul 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: The plot contortions required to keep this going are straight out of a cartoon, and they threaten to take some otherwise nice characters with them. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJul 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: Impastor has a stronger­ point of view [than The Jim Gaffigan Show] but fewer laughs. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJul 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: Generally too predictable and slight to merit much attention. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJul 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: An occasionally funny new TV Land comedy. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJul 14, 2015
Season 1 Review: Rosenbaum has an amusing moment or two, but nothing to make anyone grin with the stereotypical wideness of the church’s gay staffer. The marginally funnier stuff occurs away from the parish. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverJul 14, 2015
Season 1 Review: Impastor’s cleverest lines and riffs on religiosity are somewhat overwhelmed when the show gives in to temptation and becomes a zany caper Read full review
50
The Lincoln Journal StarJeff KorbelikJul 13, 2015
Season 1 Review: It’s mildly amusing. Read full review
40
The WrapNed EhrbarJul 16, 2015
Season 1 Review: The bits of writing with real teeth are crowded out by a generally broader and more winking comedy style and pacing that seems to be anticipating more laughter than the material could reasonably expect. Read full review
40
Philadelphia InquirerMolly EichelJul 14, 2015
Season 1 Review: Impastor plays right into the stereotypes. Impastor has an edgy veneer--but once it rubs off, you're left with an entirely ordinary show. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJul 14, 2015
Season 1 Review: In keeping with the TV Land niche, this is a throwback series, but a throwback to a lot of things that should have been left, well, back. It also reaches too readily for gross-out jokes. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryJul 14, 2015
Season 1 Review: Ultimately, it feels like one joke stretched far too thin, with the added complication that its jokey approach to religion is likely to offend some people without compensating for that with thoughtful satire. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubDennis PerkinsJul 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: Impastor’s comedy strands [Rosenbaum] in a tonal mess. Read full review
30
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJul 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: Sara Rue shines, as usual, as the new pastor's secretary, Dora, but it's hard to see even Rue keeping this one from collapsing under its own stupidity. Read full review
30
Yahoo TVKen TuckerJul 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: Rosenbaum is charming, and so is Sara Rue, as his assistant at the church. But pretty soon, the dumbness begins to settle in. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJul 14, 2015
Season 1 Review: Nothing is at all believable in the script, and nothing’s very funny, either. On top of that, the charm and abilities of Rosenbaum and Sara Rue, who plays the church secretary, are wasted with bad writing. Read full review
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