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Finally, a clever new sitcom. [17 Mar 2006, p.108]
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It's a fresh, darkly comic workplace/social life farce peppered with good laughs.
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A lively comedy.
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Yes, "The Loop's" a winner, although let us be the first to admit that the usual attributes associated with "winning" are probably stretched beyond all recognition in this context.
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It's funnier than a similar new Fox sitcom, "Free Ride," about a college graduate who moves back in with his parents. Partly that is because "The Loop" has a faster pace and bolder writing.
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Presumably, the actors will settle into their roles and get a better grip on timing and volume. They're over-the-top for material that's already zany.
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If the writing can rise to [Harrison's and Hall's] performances, The Loop could take flight.
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You probably can tell that this thing isn't bound for the sitcom hall of fame, but it's a good time.
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It may not have the subtlety or sophisticated wit of "Arrested Development," but it's not supposed to. It's more a combination of "The Office" and "Four Kings" -- with really good music and a distinctive, energetic visual style.
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The Loop's constant jokes about hot bodies and alcoholic excess would doubtless wear thin very quickly if not for a lunatic cast of young unknowns and gifted veteran character actors.
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The show moves along briskly, and it benefits from the lack of a laugh track. But you have to accept the relentless repetition of some flagrantly juvenile jokes to enjoy yourself.
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The Loop is half funny.
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A crude comedy filled with frat-boy humor.
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When you watch this show, you can almost hear some big, dumb executive animal saying, "We want a single-camera comedy that's weird and dark and fun, you know, like 'Arrested Development,' except with a young, sexy cast!"
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Seldom has a series expended more energy with less entertaining results.
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There are some very funny lines and moments... Unfortunately, the good stuff isn't worth slogging through the rest of this sitcom.
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A painfully contrived premise can't be glossed over by pretty faces and pithy dialogue.
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"The Loop" is much more failure than success.
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The show basically approximates that commercial where a young guy is working an office job and his dorky friends keep bugging him, as a generic twentysomething dude seeks to prove he can straddle adult obligations and youthful pastimes by partying all night and working all day. Sorry, but been there, drank that.
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It's satirical all right, paced roughly like "Arrested Development," but not very funny or believable.
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[Episode 2's] Jenna, we learn, has basically been drunk since January, which is probably a pretty good condition for anyone who wants to get real laughs out of The Loop.
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The jokes are dismally unpleasant and vaguely depressing.
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The show is particularly misbegotten and -- fatal for a comedy -- not funny at all.
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As for "The Loop," well, it's just heinous. True, we've said that before. But it can't be said enough. "The Loop": heinous.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 37 out of 49
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Mixed: 4 out of 49
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Negative: 8 out of 49
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Jun 4, 2012
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JeffAJul 4, 2007
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BaduncadonkHJun 24, 2007The first season was wobbly, but the second is absolute brilliance. Writing is fantastic; this show deserves to become a hit!