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The Real O’Neals may be soft and gooey at its center, but it’s the hard, tart outer shell that gives it its unique flavor.
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The Real O’Neals is funny, offbeat and sweet in its depiction of a loving family whose members are sometimes their own worst enemies.
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Authenticity ranges wide enough here to engage the whole family.
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Everyone pulls their weight; the jokes land lightly. Ferguson shows stuff that "Mad Men" never let him. Galvin is solid; Shively sweetly dim; Wood, behind thick spectacles, droll.
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The Real O’Neals has some fun with Catholicism, but faith isn’t the butt of the joke in the show, which is ultimately an endearing story about a family that loves and supports one another. Go figure.
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Funny enough and real enough, The Real O’Neals fits in well with ABC’s established Wednesday night comedies.
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Aside from a few riffs that don't quite work, O'Neals is proof it doesn't take a miracle to find a fresh spin on he traditional family comedy. [4 Mar 2016, p.57]
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The Real O’Neals is well-written, funny, well-acted and has universal appeal because of those family secrets.
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The quiet rage behind Plimpton's quest for normalcy--"You still have that?" she asks Kenny with hope, a day after he's announced he's gay--makes the series something really special.... The Real O'Neals, though less polished, does something similar [to blackish], pitting evolving norms against a family unit fundamentally resistant to change.
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This is a show dealing with darker issues than its network brethren, but presented in the same bouncy, upbeat style. It’s a weird clash of styles that shouldn’t really work, but somehow does.
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It doesn't start smoothly, but as we always say, comedies often require extra time to find their footing and with Plimpton, Ferguson and Galvin, the right pieces are in place and if the third and fourth episodes are an indication, The Real O'Neals may be heading in the right direction.
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This series won't be for everyone and it sometimes gets in its own way with an over-reliance on well-used sitcom gimmicks, but if you're looking for an honest comedy that's not afraid to tackle delicate subject matter, The Real O'Neals might just be exactly what you're looking for.
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ABC made four episodes available for review. All have their moments, some of them cloying, others amusing.
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There are some funny moments in the four episodes made available for preview, and the performances are strong enough to give one hope that those moments might eventually become more frequent, and tied to a stronger show. But for now, O’Neals is hitting a few too many false notes, and hitting them far too strongly.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 43
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Mixed: 2 out of 43
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Negative: 8 out of 43
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