The Unauthorized Full House Story
Lifetime | Release Date: August 22, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
33
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayAug 24, 2015
Season 1 Review: The film doesn’t function as a remotely competent representation of its namesake show. We never discover anything about Full House that can’t be found on its Wikipedia page, and the performances, with the exception of Gaston and Mader, fail to capture the essence of the memorable--albeit one-note--characters and the actors who portrayed them. Read full review
30
Yahoo TVKen TuckerAug 24, 2015
Season 1 Review: Writer Ron McGee treats Full House as though it was a sacred icon whose pop-culture history must be maintained at all costs--in this case, the costs being believability and narrative momentum. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichAug 20, 2015
Season 1 Review: Tedious.... It’s more skin-deep fan-fiction that imitates the sickly decency that was Full House’s stock-in-trade. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyAug 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: Unauthorized captures the feel-good part. Unfortunately, it misses the “written well” part. Like, completely. Read full review
10
The WrapNed EhrbarAug 24, 2015
Season 1 Review: The bar for quality is set pretty low. But this entry, unlike the previous “Save by the Bell” exposé, does nothing to justify its own existence. Read full review
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