So NoTORIous
VH1 | VH-1 | GENERIC | VH | Release Date: April 2, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyHenry Goldblatt
Season 1 Review: Everything [Kirstie] Alley's Fat Actress should've been: warm, warts-and-all self-satire. [31 Mar 2006, p.58]
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: While this sort of thing has been done before -- "Curb Your Enthusiasm" on the high end of Hollywood self-referentiality, and the nasty, brutish and short-lived "Fat Actress" with Kirstie Alley on the low -- it has been done here exceedingly well. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: [A] very witty, sometimes brilliantly insightful hybrid sitcom. Read full review
70
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: The writing is pointed, the direction tight. But what really makes it work is Tori herself, light, bright and vulnerably likable. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: She creates an appealing character despite all the preconceptions, many of which are acknowledged and dispensed with in the first few scenes. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: As Hollywood comedies go, "So Notorious" is better than "Fat Actress" or Lisa Kudrow's "The Comeback," but not in the same league as "Curb Your Enthusiasm" or "Entourage." Read full review
60
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
Season 1 Review: This is a pleasant, farcical romp through the familiar terrain of obnoxious roommates, dating mishaps, and Hollywood sets. Read full review
60
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: This is up-to-the-minute celebrity kitsch--zippy, knowing, and joyfully hollow. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: She’s turned what assuredly were hurtful years of feeling like a show-biz freak into friendly TV fodder that relieves viewers of the need to point while they snicker. Read full review
50
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: It's like Lisa Kudrow's Comeback without the satiric contempt. [10 Apr 2006, p.35]
20
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: The biggest problem with "so noTORIous" is that the laughs, when they come, are few and far between. Read full review
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