Our Cartoon President

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 11, 2018
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
3.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 18 out of 31

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  1. TJAW
    Feb 18, 2018
    5
    Our Cartoon President suffers from a critical flaw that prevents it from being anything other than a mildly amusing novelty at best: you just cannot effectively parody a President who already IS a living, breathing parody of every negative stereotype of American politicians. All you need to do is read his Twitter or watch one his rambling speeches and that's your parody. There are a fewOur Cartoon President suffers from a critical flaw that prevents it from being anything other than a mildly amusing novelty at best: you just cannot effectively parody a President who already IS a living, breathing parody of every negative stereotype of American politicians. All you need to do is read his Twitter or watch one his rambling speeches and that's your parody. There are a few good chuckles in the show here and there, but there's nothing in this show that won't make you laugh as much as simply Googling pictures of this nutcase (seriously, just Google images of "Donald Trump" and try not to laugh at the multiple photographs of his many bizarre and idiotic facial expressions, while wondering why anyone would vote for him).… Expand
  2. Eman0221
    Apr 30, 2018
    5
    While some of the jokes and characterizations work, most of it doesn't, especially that of Trump himself, who is depicted as a Cartman/Peter Griffith-esque, goofy, loveable, oaf instead of the malevolent, stupid, a*shole he is in real life.

    Speaking of Family Guy and South Park, that what this show needs, to be as sharper, edgier, and riskier like those shows because this show plays too    While some of the jokes and characterizations work, most of it doesn't, especially that of Trump himself, who is depicted as a Cartman/Peter Griffith-esque, goofy, loveable, oaf instead of the malevolent, stupid, a*shole he is in real life.

    Speaking of Family Guy and South Park, that what this show needs, to be as sharper, edgier, and riskier like those shows because this show plays too safe and nice when there is so much material to be mined for some hard biting satire.    … Expand

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#97 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
42

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Feb 13, 2018
    40
    In ordinary times a person could argue that there’s always room for another comedian to skewer our nation’s top windbag, but these are not ordinary times. And this makes Trump character’s joke about people “kinda [wanting] to see what was going to happen” with his presidency seeing that “it’s happening more than you could have ever imagined” simultaneously bland and depressing.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Feb 9, 2018
    40
    Our Cartoon President is a fuzzy and facile animated sitcom composed of reductive, occasionally lightly amusing, characterizations of the bumbling ineptitude associated with the Trump White House.
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Feb 9, 2018
    30
    More often, Our Cartoon President manages to be mean and toothless at the same time. ... The show is just timely enough to be outdated.
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