The Neighbors
ABC | Release Date: September 26, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
11

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
37
USA TodayRobert BiancoSep 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: Nothing in The Neighbors rises above mediocrity, and too much falls beneath it. Read full review
30
TimeJames PoniewozikSep 26, 2012
Season 1 Review: For a bizarre comedy with the potential for some really pointed wackiness, this alien vehicle doesn't get off the ground. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian LowrySep 26, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's somewhat offbeat, yes, but all played at such a cartoonish level as to feel like a distant throwback, a la "My Favorite Martian" or "I Dream of Jeannie," since there's no one akin to Mork or ALF to enliven the festivities. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's "3rd Rock From the Sun" without the wit or the understatement. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklSep 26, 2012
Season 1 Review: And that's me, faster than Usain Bolt, changing the channel. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: The show seems to exhaust its small comedic possibilities with the first episode, not to mention viewer interest. Read full review
25
Uncle BarkyEd BarkSep 21, 2012
Season 1 Review: This latest aliens-meet-earthlings sitcom is just too dopily executed for any long-term stay on this planet. Read full review
10
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushSep 26, 2012
Season 1 Review: Neighbors settles for charmless performances, stupid jokes and sight gags that might be funny once, such as naming all of the aliens after famous sports figures (like Larry Bird and Jackie Joyner-Kersee), but with repetition grows fretfully stale. Read full review
10
Zap2it (Inside the Box)Drusilla MoorhouseSep 26, 2012
Season 1 Review: If you value your time, you'll change the channel after "Modern Family." Read full review
10
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertSep 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: ABC's The Neighbors is this season's awful sitcom, the one that defies all kind of sense. Read full review
0
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanSep 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: This season, ABC has Neighbors, one of the least funny things to air on television since the last Hitler documentary on History. Read full review
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