The Goode Family
ABC | Comedy Central | Release Date: May 27, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: The Goode Family is a highly imaginative and often amusing variation on that one note. Read full review
80
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Welcome to The Goode Family, a scathingly funny report from the front lines of America's culture wars. Read full review
80
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Ultimately, there's no substitute for amusing scenarios like the one with the dog, and clever writing, which The Goode Family boasts in abundance. Read full review
80
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: Just as "King of the Hill" started out as a show about middle-class Texans and slowly evolved into a twisted take on mainstream suburbia and family life at large, The Goode Family should eventually transcend the boundaries of its original premise. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesPaige Wiser
Season 1 Review: If you passionately loved "King of the Hill," you will cautiously like The Goode Family. Tiptoe into it if necessary. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJulie Leung
Season 1 Review: If the show treads a little more softly, there could be greatness; radical conformity is always lampoon-worthy, no matter the setting. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: The Goode Family, which is nicely acted and well animated, works best when the cultural potshots give way to the more basic human needs of its characters. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Goode really does feel too much like the flip side of "King of the Hill." The humor comes from the opposite point of view but it's still a too-similar-to-stand-on-its-own comedy. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: ABC chimes in with its new animated sitcom The Goode Family--then pulls just enough punches so tonight's premiere episode feels like satire lite. Read full review
58
Entertainment Weekly
Season 1 Review: The Goode Family is both smart and not very funny. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel Carlson
Season 1 Review: The best bits of the series are those that let the characters deliver the punch lines, not become one, and there aren't quite enough to go around. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: The result, ironically enough, is a show that makes fun of all things PC and ends up being too PC to blister. Read full review
50
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: While the jokes may be funnier than "King" has been in a long time, the new show also feels more uneven and strained. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, The Goode Family isn't distinct enough or, ultimately, funny enough in the few episodes ABC screened to really worry about a future. Read full review
50
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: The show feels aggressively off-kilter with the current mood, as if it had been incubated in the early to mid-’90s, when it was possible to find global-warming skeptics among even the reasonable and informed. Read full review
40
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: The ideas in The Goode Family are promising, and the era of green consciousness and Hope and Change would seem to provide a target-rich environment. The problem is that the family seems missing from this family comedy: the satire is so pointed and obvious that it gets in the way of developing the Goodes as people--when it doesn't sabotage the characters altogether. Read full review
30
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Unnecessary, and close to unwatchable, is ABC's The Goode Family, a long-delayed animated entry from "King of the Hill" producer Mike Judge. Read full review
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