Life As We Know It

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 7, 2004
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 4 out of 18

Critic Reviews

  1. Deseret News
    Reviewed by: Scott D. Pierce
    Aug 7, 2014
    60
    If all teenage boys think about is sex, sex and more sex, then the producers and writers of "life as we know it" have captured the teenage boy perfectly.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Aug 7, 2014
    60
    The pilot episode for "life" is really interesting; unfortunately two subsequent episodes are not as commendable. ... The direct address to the camera begins to grate, and the whole show is not different enough from teen shows of the past. [3 Oct 2004]
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  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Phil Rosenthal
    Aug 7, 2014
    50
    This should be -- pardon the expression -- a fertile area for drama. Yet it fails to bear fruit. Instead we get a string of old cliches aimed at an audience young enough that it might not notice they're old cliches. [7 Oct 2004]
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  5. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    Aug 7, 2014
    40
    All the actors do well. They can't do good, however, because they're in service of an obnoxious show. The surfaces look inviting in life as we know it, but there isn't a lot of show there.