United States of Tara
SHOWTIME | Release Date: January 18, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
28
Mixed:
9
Negative:
2
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60
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 2 Review: Tara" also acquires some new supporting players, but the show feels more disconnected in scattering to pursue these various plots. In addition, the evolving interaction between Tara and her alters as she becomes "co-conscious" with them feels like little more than split-screen gimmickry. Read full review
60
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: Tara has the potential to be a great comedy about identity, but it needs to be less self-conscious about its strangeness. Read full review
60
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: Tara doesn't yet show the same emotional depth as Juno--not in its first four episodes, at least--but if you have the fortitude to make it through the tonal assault of its first 10 minutes, then you'll get to see some recognizable human feeling seep up through the wisecracks. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately for Ms. Collette, the roles of Tara’s children are so deftly written and skillfully played that they undermine her own star turn--Tara has four personalities and is one-dimensional in all of them. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: United States of Tara, which features Toni Collette as the title character and whose executive producers include Steven Spielberg, takes a riskier tack, giving the story a wide vein of comedy. In many ways, they pull it off. Read full review
60
PopMattersKirsten Markson
Season 1 Review: While the portrayal of the disorder is gimmicky, the show sustains a particular charm, thanks to solid performances and its honest treatment of the complex relationships in this unconventional family. Read full review
50
Slant MagazinePeter SwansonApr 8, 2011
Season 3 Review: United States of Tara smothers its characters and situations in layers of quirk and sarcasm, like an expensive steak drenched in Velveeta. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: United States of Tara plays like surface feminism with an added gloss of snark and a bewilderingly blah sentimentality. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: The brittle hipster lingo that almost all the characters spout at one time or another gives Tara a patina of cleverness, but it doesn’t add a thing to our understanding of the characters or their plights. Read full review
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