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Not all the jokes are funny, but the characters are winningly unlovable.
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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.
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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.
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You may also laugh at some of these jokes, because Michael Rapaport, who plays Daddy Dave, delivers them with such bravado.
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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.
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Would be revolutionary -- if the year was 1980.
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"War" is sometimes funny.
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You can think of it as Titus with kids added and talent removed.
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The only good thing is Anita Barone. [19 Sep 2005, p.48]
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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]
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A coarse, exceedingly obnoxious show.
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An uninspired collection of cliches, sex jokes and uninvolving characters.
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Yes, it's "Married ... With Children" all over again, except that it's not played as broadly, or as successfully.
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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.
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Has absolutely nothing going for it.
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What this show does prove is that you can be racy and still somehow tediously tame.
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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.
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A template of clichés the writers don't even bother to fill in.
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This is awful.
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The problem is not just that it's crude and gross, but that its crudeness and grossness are so pathetically forced and contrived.
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If this is America, I want out.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 34 out of 88
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Mixed: 4 out of 88
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Negative: 50 out of 88
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Apr 19, 2019
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Mar 2, 2019I don't get the hate. This show is hilarious. The characters are very funny. I'm upset that it got cancelled.
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Feb 12, 2012