CBS | Release Date: August 25, 1993
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
4
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Los Angeles TimesHoward RosenbergJan 26, 2022
Season 1 Review: The broad ending is the kind of silly piffle that only the likes of Robin Williams could pull off, and the show's plethora of bawdy double entendres regarding the male anatomy is ill suited to a time period so accessible to young kids. All in all, though, it's a good start, the key being that both Pinchot and the writing are effortlessly witty. [25 Aug 1993, p.F10]
63
NewsdayAndy EdelsteinJan 26, 2022
Season 1 Review: Indeed, with his mugging and childlike innocence, Pinchot is sort of cute, especially if your age hasn't yet reached double digits. [25 Aug 1993, p.90]
50
Chicago Sun-TimesLon GrahnkeJan 26, 2022
Season 1 Review: The result is a chaotic debut that's high on energy, antics and sight gags and low on plausible situations and clever writing. [25 Aug 1993, p.39]
50
The Hollywood ReporterMiles BellerJan 26, 2022
Season 1 Review: Though featuring the comedic talents of Bronson Pinchot (formerly of the elliptical Perfect Strangers), Pinchot's latest primetime outing lacks anything more than a germ of a funny idea that essentially allows the actor to make like Robin Williams and do zany. [24 Aug 1993]
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJan 26, 2022
Season 1 Review: The trouble with "The Trouble With Larry" is that all these jokes don't add up to many laughs. [29 Aug 1993, p.8C]
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRobert BiancoJan 26, 2022
Season 1 Review: Well, you won't find a much funnier lead than Pinchot, but even a comic genius needs something and someone with which to work. With the supporting cast offering no support at all, Pinchot pushes egregiously, until even this funny man isn't funny anymore. [25 Aug 1993, p.
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerJohn EngstromJan 26, 2022
Season 1 Review: Bronson Pinchot left Perfect Strangers behind, but he's still addicted to his Balki shtick. As a husband who returns after being presumed dead for a decade, only to find his wife remarried, he shamelessly steals every scene, pillaging the rest of the cast and overloading the action until it sinks in a sea of sophomoric Pinchosity. [01 Sep 1993]
25
USA TodayMatt RoushJan 26, 2022
Season 1 Review: Pinchot, given little to work with, is like Mork on Prozac, a quart-low Jerry Lewis. The trouble with Larry is it thinks it's a riot. Think again. [25 Aug 1993, p.3D]