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]
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