Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
HBO | Release Date: December 10, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyKen TuckerDec 7, 2012
Season 1 Review: Brooks remains quick-minded and vivid. [14 Dec 2012, p.66]
83
NewsdayVerne GayDec 7, 2012
Season 1 Review: For Mel Brooks lovers everywhere (you know who you are), but it's on the light side. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyDec 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: Brooks makes it fresh, and not just because he comments on clips from "Blazing Saddles" or "Your Show of Shows," the seminal TV show he worked on with Sid Caesar in the early 1950s. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzDec 7, 2012
Season 1 Review: This hour [is] packed with Mr. Brooks at his most endearing. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandDec 7, 2012
Season 1 Review: He holds forth telling wonderful stories about his childhood, about working as a "tummler" at Grossinger's, what it was like working with Sid Caesar and his enduring love for Gene Wilder, whose role in "Blazing Saddles" initially went to Gig Young, in between clips from too few of his many great films and TV work. Read full review
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