Uncle Buck (2016)
ABC | Release Date: June 14, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
6
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
Entertainment WeeklyRay RahmanJun 13, 2016
Season 1 Review: While this by-the-numbers adaptation doesn't have the quirk or emotion that made the original so memorable, it boasts a key building block in Mike Epps. [17 Jun 2016]
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJun 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: Epps has his moments, the kids are well-cast and there are a few good lines. But you won’t be missing much if your Tuesday nights are already reserved for NBC’s competing America’s Got Talent. Read full review
50
The Lincoln Journal StarJeff KorbelikJun 13, 2016
Season 1 Review: It’s a family comedy, one of many on the network, that, at times, has its moments. There’s just too few of them. Read full review
40
VarietySonia SaraiyaJun 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: The new sitcom isn’t bad, it’s just bland; low-impact, lightweight, and nothing to write (or tweet) home about. It’s too bad for Epps, who does his best with a limited role. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJun 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: The cast is solid and more comically effective than the material they are given, but the Russells seem more like what they are--a cast--than what they should be--a family. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJames PoniewozikJun 13, 2016
Season 1 Review: You’ve seen versions of these wisecracking kids in sitcoms for decades, even if their problems have been modernized. ... The adults are similarly one-note, from the nagging Jackie to the nebbishy Will to the type-A Alexis. And the beats are predictable. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJun 3, 2016
Season 1 Review: This is retro in all the worst ways. [6-19 Jun 2016, p.19]
37
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJun 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: Uncle Buck needs to be smarter, funnier, and, honestly, a different show. Epps too deserves better. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergJun 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: Uncle Buck offers a relative minimum of offensiveness, very few laughs, only hints at Epps' actual capabilities and runs a decent cast through stories you've seen done better on countless sitcoms. Read full review
30
Yahoo TVKen TuckerJun 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: Epps is deprived of the sort of good writing that would showcase his talent well. Read full review
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: Uncle Buck isn't the worst thing ever, but it is predictable and pat, going down all the expected avenues. It's entirely skippable. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubJoshua AlstonJun 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: The most unsettling thing about Uncle Buck is how beige and flavorless the whole thing is, as if anyone could have been cast in it with no discernible effect on the final product. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineChris CabinJun 13, 2016
Season 1 Review: There's a rigidity to the entire production, the unmistakable feeling of a series that was market-tested to death in every predictable plot turn, and every rote, over-written joke. Read full review
20
ColliderAllison KeeneJun 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: Uncle Buck is a cheap knockoff in every sense, both of the movie and of better sitcoms, and is the latest 80s remake nobody wanted to begin with. Read full review
20
The Salt Lake TribuneScott D. PierceJun 10, 2016
Season 1 Review: The new Uncle Buck has a lot in common with the old version. They both, well, suck. ABC's sitcom is not funny. It's unoriginal and tedious. Read full review
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