Todd Margaret
IFC | IFC - Independent Film Channel | Release Date: October 1, 2010
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
SalonSonia SaraiyaJan 8, 2016
Season 3 Review: Literally everything in the show is ridiculous, in a way that is not even necessarily funny, just confusing; what eventually makes it work is how seamlessly it all fits together, from the cold opens in each episode to the completely absurd situations that Todd gets himself into. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanJan 4, 2012
Season 2 Review: The real attraction is seeing some of the best work yet from Cross and Arnett, which is truly saying something given their resumes. Read full review
80
SalonHeather HavrileskyOct 22, 2010
Season 1 Review: Although every second of this comedy is far from genius, the disturbed mood and unique mean-spirited flavor of it all points to what the network comedies are so often lacking: bold choices that border on the absurd. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisJan 3, 2012
Season 2 Review: Series creator Cross continues to flex the kind of bleakly hilarious comic muscles that were presumably allowed to atrophy while filming. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyKeith Staskiewicz
Season 1 Review: Cross wrings laughs from his clueless character, but the fish-(and chips)-out-of-water story isn't as consistent. Luckily, there is plenty of potential for Increasingly Poor to become increasingly good. Read full review
75
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: Proceed with caution into this foul but funny cauldron of catastrophe. Read full review
70
PopMattersJesse Hicks
Season 1 Review: It's surprising that he's [Cross] written a sitcom so reliant on physical comedy, and cast himself in the rather one-dimensional, repetitive main role. The show's best lines possess a crackling absurdity. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: As long as you're OK with comedy-of-the-uncomfortable, then IFC's The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret is by far the funnier of the two David Cross-Will Arnett series airing this fall (the other being Fox's "Running Wilde"). Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubDanette ChavezJan 4, 2016
Season 3 Review: This latest entry swaps a mounting sense of dread for discomfort, which can grow tedious after a while. But if you enjoyed watching his antics in his previous form, the new Todd Margaret is still worth (re)visiting. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: It isn't until the glimmer of a plot finally emerges, after Todd stumbles into a Middle Eastern market with a can of Thunder Muscle, eliciting sudden mysterious interest--that the series inches past mere mockery to the promise of more muscular misadventure. Read full review
60
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: Though it has moments of sublime satire and a typically memorable performance from Mr. Cross's "Arrested Development" colleague Will Arnett, it still has the feel of a dish that has been sitting on the table well past the point of cooling. Read full review
50
PopMattersJesse HicksJan 6, 2012
Season 2 Review: If this kind of comedy fails in its airless context, Todd Margaret's illogical universe can still be entertaining, at least for brief moments. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Told in flashback that implies things have gone terribly, terribly wrong, the ensuing gags are either lame or (for a U.S. audience, anyway) or culturally confusing--frequently falling back on blue language in lieu of being genuinely clever. A more fundamental problem lies with Cross, whose mixture of wide-eyed innocent/ugly American/myopic moron has no nuance to engender even a trace of sympathy for his plight. Read full review
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