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Critic Reviews
Sep 3, 2013
Season 9 Review:
Sunny is Punch and Judy for our time: invigoratingly primal entertainment.[9 Sep 2013, p.41]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" has lost none of its giddy sharp edges. [28 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Laden with laugh-out-loud moments. ... Just as "Curb Your Enthusiasm" so boldly and brilliantly attacks taboo subjects, so does "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," though the humor is spread from one clueless, self-centered ass to four, clueless, self-centered slackers. [4 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
When "Sunny" works, it makes your rib cage ache. Even when it's not up to its usual standards, it's still better than whatever else is passing for a good time at the moment. [29 Jun 2006]
Jan 4, 2016
Season 11 Review:
For all the ambition and exaggeration of these episodes, however, it's the subtle “Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs” that best summarizes Sunny's approach to its “golden” years. A warm, inviting suburban atmosphere has long been a staple of American sitcoms, and Sunny instantly corrupts it.
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Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It's not your father's "Cheers." [3 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
An underlying warmth and a certain charm to the characters mitigate some of the childish jokes and give the series real appeal. [5 Aug 2005]
Sep 14, 2011
Season 7 Review:
In such grossness is greatness. [19 Sep 2011, p.65]
Jul 9, 2025
Season 17 Review:
It’s smart to waste no time completing the crossover that began with Abbott Elementary‘s January episode, and even smarter to quickly get back to what fans love about Sunny’s consistently hysterical character beats. Well-paced, unpredictable, and, most importantly, still comical, it’s nice to be in Sunny days again.
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Jun 12, 2023
Season 16 Review:
16 seasons in, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia maintains its high dose of vitamin D. As outrageously funny as its prior seasons while also providing refreshing commentary and clever concepts, this series that easily "couldn't have been made today" keeps finding new ways to stay youthful and spry.
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Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Gleefully raunchy and hilarious. ... The secret to Philadelphia's success is the delight it takes in its ridiculous situations. They go in whole hog, with no apologies. [29 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
If you're prudish or just polite, in other words, you'll be turned off by all the happy offensiveness. If you're not turned off, though, you may be entertained, as I am. The show is the quintessential slacker comedy. [29 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The language is offensive, the characters, in one light, reprehensible. But they and their show are a lot like puppies, too - incorrigible, yet lovable. You can't wait to see whose slipper they'll chew next. [29 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
It can be downright uproarious at times. [27 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
A small-scale gem. [3 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Hilarious. [4 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The laughs, as they should, come fast and hard from the characters, somehow likable in their social ineptitude. But if you can't see the situations - irreverent barely begins to describe them - as absurd, you might not have a lot of fun. [4 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Invariably clever and occasionally a laugh-out-loud riot. [1 Aug 2005]
Sep 3, 2013
Season 9 Review:
Charlie (Charlie Day), Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Dee (Kaitlin Olson), and Frank (Danny DeVito) are as magnetically dysfunctional as ever, and their neurotic efforts to scheme their way to happiness, fame, and fortune continue to coincide with skewed views on a variety of real-world issues that blend well with the show's onslaught of crude, scattershot humor.
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Jul 15, 2013
Season 3 Review:
There's a slight but perceptible stylistic change that makes it less funny, even though it's still insane and inspired and original. [12 Sep 2007]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The castmates aren't polished performers, but they know how to work a joke fast and move on. [4 Aug 2005]
Oct 11, 2012
Season 6 Review:
Aside from a tangential take on gay marriage that devolves into a matrimonial free-for-all full of regrets and dead teeth, the episodes wisely examine the gang as an awkwardly functional community--and, surrealistically, it's a dynamic of alienation and destruction rather than fraternity that ensures this collective's longevity.
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Jul 9, 2025
Season 17 Review:
Season 17 may not be the best season of the long-running comedy as it will always have its formative years, filled with now potentially cancelable jokes and bits, to look back on, but as far as modern Sunny seasons go, this is one of the funniest. .... When it’s good, it’s really good. When it struggles, you can tell they may have hit a brick wall.
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Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
"Sunny"'s lively energy can get a bit too manic at times... and the characters are not quite differentiated enough to make much of a lasting impression. For that reason, "Sunny" doesn't belong in the ranks of the very best recent TV comedies, such as "The Office" and "Arrested Development," where each character feels incredibly specific and real. Still, there are pleasures to be had in Philadelphia. [29 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Even for sitcoms, "Sunny" is often a vile, twisted beast that crosses the line of acceptable taste. But it can also be highly amusing, and the addition of DeVito and Archer does nothing to diminish that. [29 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
What makes it palatable is that it is often laugh-out-loud hilarious. If Seinfeld broke down a few barriers when it came to subject matter in a sitcom, Philadelphia gleefully smashes right through them. [3 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Funny, refreshing and bold. [4 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Has moments of brilliance. [11 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Lacks the hard, uncomfortable edges of [FX's also premiering] "Starved," but it's clear this show wants and intends to do a little damage, too. [4 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
[Has an] intimate, ensemble feel, without grandstanding or fussiness or mugginess. It keeps the four feeling like good company for a half-hour. [4 Aug 2005]
Season 5 Review:
It's Always Sunny is still very much It's Always Sunny, which should be good news to its many fans, especially those who may not long, as I do, for just a bit more subtlety now and then. But, hey, it's OK. DeVito and the rest are totally committed to everything they do, no matter how absurd, and more often than not, they manage to sell it.
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Jan 14, 2015
Season 10 Review:
It’s a sporadically funny opening to an inconsistently comical season. A couple of episodes are slapstick hits--such as when the gang enlists Dee to spy on a Chinese fish factory. Others are just creepy. But it’s a mix that has fueled the sitcom’s success for nearly a decade.
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Jul 15, 2013
Season 3 Review:
Though "Sunny" is admirably energetic, the comedy can seem repetitive after a while. [13 Sep 2007]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
As comedy it's hit-and-miss; what sells the show are the in-between things, the nonsense sibling spats between Dennis and Dee, the way Charlie's voice rises as his anxiety level does, the loose play of the banter. But if giving DeVito a prominent role will up the attendance, it doesn't immediately up the comedy. [28 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Recruiting Danny DeVito to play the estranged dad to half the show's central quartet might have seemed like a good idea, but the result is a more uneven and mean-spirited show that overreaches and forces some gags. [29 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Funny - barely - in an uncomfortable, theatrical way, some moments feel like performance art or improv exercises, albeit with nice title sequences. [14 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Ridiculous, and somewhat predictable. [4 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
"It's Always Sunny" peddles immaturity and discomfort with remarkable wit in a few instances. [4 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The three episodes of the new season that I've seen are almost entirely flat. [29 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
In general, "Philadelphia" pulls back just short of being really tasteless, which seems to miss the point. [4 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
"Sunny" simply isn't funny enough often enough to justify its rather labored envelope-pushing. [4 Aug 2005]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The problem isn't as much with DeVito and Reynolds as it is the ensemble to which the actor and character are added. [29 Jun 2006]
Jul 15, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Just because you can put something on TV doesn't mean you should. [3 Aug 2005]
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