Love Monkey
CBS | VH1 | Release Date: January 17, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
Season 1 Review: "Love Monkey" may well be the smartest and most innovative network comedy-drama in many a year. Read full review
90
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: It all flows from the heart in a way few shows do, unfolding with the ease of being surrounded by people you've known forever already. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Tremendously likable. Read full review
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: A thoroughly enjoyable series, the kind that makes you smile throughout and occasionally burst out laughing. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: It's sexy, funny, hip and heartfelt.
75
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: "Love Monkey" manages in one hour to be both funny and endearing, a more option-rich version of "Ed." Read full review
75
New York PostAdam Buckman
Season 1 Review: This is a series with potential. Read full review
75
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: There are times when the show feels both weightless and way too precious (that title), but those are counterbalanced by the charm and skill of the cast. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: I was initially concerned that this was going to become a male Grey’s Anatomy... but Love Monkey creator Michael Rauch... keeps facile wisdom to a bare minimum, and a certain urban energy level turned up. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Familiar as it all sounds, series creator Michael Rauch plucks most of the right chords. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalDorothy Rabinowitz
Season 1 Review: Smarter and snappier than one might have expected from a familiar sitcom premise. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: It is so well-assembled and well-played that its contrivances and clichés play like something reasonably close to life. Read full review
70
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: Unless you're a cold, cynical, seen-it-all kind of guy (or chick), odds are you'll find a lot to like about the first episode. Read full review
70
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: "Love Monkey" is easy to dismiss yet hard to dislike. Read full review
70
PopMattersStephen Kelly
Season 1 Review: Love Monkey is an anomaly, an intelligent, well-written dramedy for adults about adults, even if some of the chords it hits are in a minor key. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: For all the amiability of the cast, few of their interactions feel natural. [27 Jan 2006, p.73]
60
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: To say that Love Monkey is derivative and predictable is not quite the same as saying it's bad. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Without its classic, punk, and alternative allusions, the New York romantic comedy would be just another ''Sex and the City" with dudes, another ''Jake in Progress" or ''Four Kings." But with its musical knowing, ''Love Monkey" comes off more like a small-screen ''High Fidelity." Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: The series is well written, and has its moments. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: "Love Monkey" does have its endearing moments. A few chuckles, even. But tonight's debut clomps all over predictable territory. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: Ed and Tom may be similar, but Ed was plenty more satisfying than this Monkey business Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: The premise of an attractive group of friends living and loving in the Big Apple is not exactly a novel idea, but there's always room for a series that resonates with a distinctive new take, a unique perspective or memorable characters. Unfortunately, this isn't it. Read full review
40
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: As with many other instances of men sharing their feelings, Love is better in theory than in practice. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Adam Sternbergh
Season 1 Review: What ultimately hampers Love Monkey isn’t its lack of credibility. It’s a severe shortage of preposterousness. Read full review
10
Village VoiceJoy Press
Season 1 Review: Another failed attempt to use rock as the backdrop for an insipid sitcom. Read full review
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