Partners (2014)

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Season 1
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 4, 2014
Metascore
44

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 4 out of 15
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Critic Reviews

  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Aug 4, 2014
    30
    It’s an opposites-attract dynamic, something Mr. Grammer should be familiar with from Frasier, but it fails to click, at least in the first two episodes.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Lori Rackl
    Aug 19, 2014
    25
    Some of the jokes are criminally bad, the supporting characters are tired tropes, and Lawrence seems to be dialing it in.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Chris Cabin
    Jul 31, 2014
    12
    Partners is bad even by most lawyer-joke standards, and the writing's falseness and laziness carries over to the performances.
  5. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Aug 4, 2014
    0
    Get past the genuine awfulness of this--and it is awful--and a strange melancholy begins to settle in.

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User Score
4.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 20
  3. Negative: 9 out of 20
  1. BillJustBill
    Aug 12, 2014
    0
    So they got it filmed and realized how unfunny it was, so they hired a guy with a machine and added a laugh track.
    Producer 1: "It doesn't    So they got it filmed and realized how unfunny it was, so they hired a guy with a machine and added a laugh track.
    Producer 1: "It doesn't work."
    Producer 2: "I know, but we had to do something."
    Producer 1: "How much do we have in it?"
    Producer 2: "Plenty, and there are contractual obligations."
    Producer 1: "Ah, what the hell. Go with it, laugh track and all."
    Producer 2: "I concur."    … Full Review »
  2. bhachu74
    Aug 6, 2014
    4
    I would have liked Kelsey Grammar as the smarmy lawyer or Martin Lawrence as an activist lawyer, but this show tries to mashup the two and itI would have liked Kelsey Grammar as the smarmy lawyer or Martin Lawrence as an activist lawyer, but this show tries to mashup the two and it doesn't work. It is like peanut butter on pizza, each individually is fine but together they leave a bad taste. The timing is off between Lawrence and Grammer so jokes don't work. The premise of the show is thin and seems forced. Both are strong leads so I am willing to see if the show improves.… Full Review »
  3. Rasheta1
    Aug 23, 2014
    10
    I love love love Partners.Although I have to b honest the first episode almost put me to sleep, but after the second show it finally pickedI love love love Partners.Although I have to b honest the first episode almost put me to sleep, but after the second show it finally picked up.I loved seeing Kelsey Grammer twirk and Martin Lawrence is hilarious as usual. That show brings back true comedy to tv , so now I cant get enough of it. I've been watching reruns like crazy.I cant wait for episode 7 Partners is my new favorite comedy.… Full Review »
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