Twins
WB | The WB | Release Date: September 16, 2005
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
11

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: It should get tighter as the season progresses. But I already laughed several times at the silliness of this week's first episode, which is more than I can say for most sitcoms. Read full review
70
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Lowlife though it may be, Twins is just plain funny. Read full review
60
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: More inviting than the usual run of sitcom idiocy. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Despite the cliched sitcom trappings... it's an amusing, if slight, diversion. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: [Gilbert] seems like a real person, even in such a cartoon as this is. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Relentlessly mediocre. Read full review
40
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: Twins adopts the most shrill aspects of Will & Grace without capturing that show's charm. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: If you think "Will & Grace" got lazy and tired after a few years, with its broad punch lines and broader plots - and you should - "Twins" accelerates the process by starting out that way. Read full review
30
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: "Twins" is supposed to be a light-hearted comedy, but there is something ineffably sad about Ms. Griffith's struggle to cheat time, a real-life version of the HBO satire "The Comeback." Read full review
30
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Gilbert at least brings some human dimension to the otherwise relentless silliness. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: "Twins" is a surprisingly straightforward piece of WB-targeted lowbrow absurdity that's far afield from the sophisticated territory plowed by Kohan and Mutchnick in "Will & Grace." Read full review
30
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: The only thing this sitcom has going for it is Sara Gilbert. Read full review
25
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: The show is flat. [7 Nov 2005, p.41]
20
PopMattersElaine Hanson Cardenas
Season 1 Review: The plots are thin, generally revolving around the idea that dumb is smart and smart is dumb. Read full review
20
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: A painfully simplistic sitcom that has exactly one thing going for it: Sara Gilbert. Read full review
20
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
Season 1 Review: The whole thing is flush with bright talent and woefully deficient in bankable gags. Read full review
12
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: The writing here is trite, the premise flimsy and the acting bad. Read full review
0
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: Awful doesn't begin to accurately describe this sitcom. Read full review
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