Twins

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Season 1
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 11 out of 18

Critic Reviews

  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    75
    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.
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    70
    Lowlife though it may be, Twins is just plain funny.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    60
    More inviting than the usual run of sitcom idiocy.
  5. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    60
    Despite the cliched sitcom trappings... it's an amusing, if slight, diversion.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    50
    [Gilbert] seems like a real person, even in such a cartoon as this is.
  7. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    50
    Relentlessly mediocre.
  8. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    40
    Twins adopts the most shrill aspects of Will & Grace without capturing that show's charm.
  9. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    38
    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.
  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    30
    "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."
  11. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    Gilbert at least brings some human dimension to the otherwise relentless silliness.
  12. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    30
    "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."
  13. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    30
    The only thing this sitcom has going for it is Sara Gilbert.
  14. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    25
    The show is flat. [7 Nov 2005, p.41]
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  15. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Elaine Hanson Cardenas
    20
    The plots are thin, generally revolving around the idea that dumb is smart and smart is dumb.
  16. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    20
    A painfully simplistic sitcom that has exactly one thing going for it: Sara Gilbert.
  17. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Sid Smith
    20
    The whole thing is flush with bright talent and woefully deficient in bankable gags.
  18. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    12
    The writing here is trite, the premise flimsy and the acting bad.
  19. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    0
    Awful doesn't begin to accurately describe this sitcom.

Awards & Rankings

62
#62 Best TV Season of 2005
47
#47 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005

User Reviews

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User Score
4.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 8 out of 17
  1. Phil
    Jun 21, 2006
    1
    Why not "Nobody's watching" WB ? Why?
  2. jeannew
    Jan 1, 2006
    10
    Kept me laughing despite myself. deadpan melanie, both the twins and the nice familiar old guy all worked it for me. maybe funny is having Kept me laughing despite myself. deadpan melanie, both the twins and the nice familiar old guy all worked it for me. maybe funny is having your sensibilities challenged and/or just brought to light. keep an open mind peeps at least until the writing tires.… Full Review »
  3. Unagiboy
    Nov 29, 2005
    3
    Really disappointing despite the Will & Grace creative connection. Unfunny. I find Melanie Griffiths painful to watch.
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