The Inbetweeners (UK)
E4 | BBC America | Release Date: May 1, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Entertainment WeeklyJessica Shaw
Season 1 Review: He's got a briefcase, a superhot mom, and three new buddies in social purgatory. Definite cult-show potential. Read full review
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: It's occasionally randy and sophomoric, but there are also some smarts and heart mixed in. Read full review
80
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
Season 1 Review: Little is off limits in terms of subject matter either; in two of the first three episodes people with disabilities are the focus of pivotal jokes. But it’s a mark of the show’s intelligence that in both cases it is Will who ends up humiliated. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: It’s a coming of age comedy that’s raunchy and sophomoric, but, as is typical with Apatow products, it’s also character-based and at times kind of touching. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: It is, like much British comedy, unabashedly vulgar where its American cousins are relatively coy, an attitude that feels alternately trying and refreshingly healthy. You will recall that the Puritans brought their neuroses here. The kids, or rather the young adults playing the kids, are all very good. Read full review
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