Once Upon a Mattress

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 18, 2005
User Score
4.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 9 out of 20

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  1. JACKG
    Dec 20, 2005
    4
    A delightful show has been Disney-ized, removing all irony, shtick and half the score. Well at least it's better that the awful Sara Jessica Parker revival that reviled Broadway a few seasons back.
  2. richardb
    Dec 18, 2005
    6
    I could hear Burnett in my head doing all of Fred's songas and Ullman is surely no Burnett. Tracey went all out for loud and fast, without any of Burnett's sly internal comment on the lyics as she went along, esp in "the swamps of home." I think Carol could still have played Fred and have someone like Maggie Smith ply Aggravain.
  3. Movie3
    Jul 15, 2018
    5
    I would have liked this, cause of Carol Burnett alone being in here, except this movie is so catered to the 5 and under crowd that I couldn't get into it. It does have some nice and chuckle moments but still... Kind of a downer.

Awards & Rankings

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#38 Best TV Season of 2005
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#42 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 4 out of 15
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    80
    The remake has everything that those earlier versions had and something more: Tracey Ullman and Carol Burnett together and at each other's throats.
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  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    50
    Nothing works very well in this elaborate but leaden production, which seems more interested in Bob Mackie's costumes than in the characters they clothe.
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  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    30
    The production doesn't engage the ears, the eyes, or the laugh muscles. It engages only the snooze button.
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