Marry Me

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 14, 2014
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
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  1. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Oct 13, 2014
    60
    [Casey Wilson and Ken] Marino have established a nice chemistry by the end of the pilot, which gives me hope for a show whose premise appeared limiting.
  2. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Marisa LaScala
    Oct 13, 2014
    60
    It’s a credit to Caspe and Marry Me’s other creators that the series premiere introduces all of these characters and their relationships seamlessly, without clunky, expositional dialogue about how they all met.
  3. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Sep 30, 2014
    60
    The pilot is high-strung but basically acceptable, and I'll keep watching in the well-founded hopes that it will find consistently entertaining groove and use its fine cast (which includes Tim Meadows and Dan Bucatinsky as Annie's dads) as well as "Happy Endings" used its fab ensemble.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Robert Rorke
    Oct 14, 2014
    50
    Television has a rich tradition of wacky wife/reasonable husband comedies, from “I Love Lucy” to more contemporary examples such as “Will & Grace” (a platonic rom-com) “Dharma & Greg” to the relationship between Gloria (Sofia Vergara) and Jay (Ed O’Neill) on “Modern Family.” Sorry to say, Marry Me is not yet in this company.
  6. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Oct 14, 2014
    50
    Wilson and Marino are a winning duo, but I'm not sure Annie and Jake's turbulent relationship is enough to sustain a show that lacks distinction in its supporting cast.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 13, 2014
    50
    Despite some funny bits and solid supporting players--including JoBeth Williams, a recurring character as Jake’s disapproving mom--the writing also works a bit too hard at times.
  8. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Oct 9, 2014
    50
    In some ways, the show is a throwback to the days of wacky female sitcom stars with a lot of physical humor. What’s lacking is charm and lovability.
  9. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Oct 14, 2014
    40
    [Marry Me is] just too much an embodiment of the sitcom usual, and the gender-stereotypes usual, and the network-creativity usual.
  10. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Oct 14, 2014
    40
    Unfortunately, the show seems to be slightly less than a sum of its parts.

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User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 34
  3. Negative: 6 out of 34
  1. habrown
    Oct 21, 2014
    1
    I honestly have no idea what all the hoopla is about. The show is sooooo NOT funny, I can't begin to tell you how the jokes fall flat.

    The    I honestly have no idea what all the hoopla is about. The show is sooooo NOT funny, I can't begin to tell you how the jokes fall flat.

    The show comes off real corny too in what seems to me as obvious attempts exploiting current political correctness. The 2 gay dads just seem thrown in and only "just because." On top of which they have to be interracial too, and seems so " just because."

    Now, I'm a gay black dude who's dated blacks and whites and browns and also in betweens. I have nothing against gay dads or dudes or inter-racialism, and I have nothing against the lesbians either. (Yes, there is a lesbian character thrown in "just because.")

    But I do have something against what seems to me as pandering. Obvious pandering. Just because gay marriage and rights are in the news, they've thrown in 2 gay dads. To make it seem more edgy, seemingly, the dads are interracial.

    I'm pleased to see more gays today on tv and in film. But the gay thing isn't a fad.

    And even if I could suck up to the pandering, I could not get a laugh. The show is just not funny.    … Full Review »
  2. Rogerdob
    Oct 16, 2014
    0
    This is indeed the worst comedy of the new season. The situations are so forced. The first ten minutes of the first show was entirelyThis is indeed the worst comedy of the new season. The situations are so forced. The first ten minutes of the first show was entirely unbelievable. Also adding to the show's problems is that the show annoyingly and blatantly politically correct...the Casey Wilson character has two dads who also happen to be interracial! Memo to TV producers...Please don't preach to me! I love Casey Wilson and she deserves a show with good writing.… Full Review »
  3. notforbreakfast
    Nov 1, 2014
    9
    The leads are charming and the writing is tight--and I mean tight. "Marry Me" is poised and quite good. All it needs to do is have some sortThe leads are charming and the writing is tight--and I mean tight. "Marry Me" is poised and quite good. All it needs to do is have some sort of conflict week-to-week and be a little less predictable.… Full Review »
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