The War at Home
FOX | Release Date: September 11, 2005
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
6
Negative:
14

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Not all the jokes are funny, but the characters are winningly unlovable. Read full review
60
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: There’s nothing especially novel on “The War at Home,” except the way the familiar elements -- punch lines, fantasy sequences, sassy kids, talk-to-the-camera confessionals, bleeped profanity -- come together. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: The result is a show that tilts toward the familiar except for the man in the middle of it. Rapaport... is a fresh choice as a man-boy whose wife and kids dance circles around him. Read full review
60
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: You may also laugh at some of these jokes, because Michael Rapaport, who plays Daddy Dave, delivers them with such bravado. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: While the cast is quite good, and they even manage to rip a laugh or two out of the material, it's not enough to sustain a whole show. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Would be revolutionary -- if the year was 1980. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
Season 1 Review: "War" is sometimes funny. Read full review
38
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: You can think of it as Titus with kids added and talent removed. Read full review
25
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: The only good thing is Anita Barone. [19 Sep 2005, p.48]
25
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: It's one limp comedy that pretends to be frank and daring about race, gender, and sexual orientation--and instead is glib, tired, and slippery. [11 Nov 2005, p.59]
20
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: A coarse, exceedingly obnoxious show. Read full review
20
VarietyPhil Gallo
Season 1 Review: An uninspired collection of cliches, sex jokes and uninvolving characters. Read full review
12
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Yes, it's "Married ... With Children" all over again, except that it's not played as broadly, or as successfully. Read full review
12
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: If "The War at Home" spent more time on good jokes instead of recycling every gimmick ever seen on TV, it might merely be mediocre, but it's worse. Read full review
10
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: Has absolutely nothing going for it. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: What this show does prove is that you can be racy and still somehow tediously tame. Read full review
10
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: The network thinks this is razor's-edge television because the characters turn to address the audience during cut-ins. But all the bellowing is straight from The Honeymooners, the jokes from Mandingo and the dialogue... from about sixth grade. Read full review
10
Village VoiceJoy Press
Season 1 Review: A template of clichés the writers don't even bother to fill in. Read full review
0
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: This is awful. Read full review
0
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: The problem is not just that it's crude and gross, but that its crudeness and grossness are so pathetically forced and contrived. Read full review
0
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: If this is America, I want out. Read full review
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