United States of Tara

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 18, 2009
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 81 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 81
  3. Negative: 8 out of 81
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  1. JonH.
    Jan 19, 2009
    2
    Horribly over-wirtten, not a note rings true. It thinks it's far more clever and funny then it actually is, and just might trick a few viewers into thinking it is. It somehow makes Toni Colette look like a bad actress, which I never thought before. Her opening monologue to the video camera looked like something in a high school production. All the "alters" are one-dimensional and the Horribly over-wirtten, not a note rings true. It thinks it's far more clever and funny then it actually is, and just might trick a few viewers into thinking it is. It somehow makes Toni Colette look like a bad actress, which I never thought before. Her opening monologue to the video camera looked like something in a high school production. All the "alters" are one-dimensional and the handling of multiple personality is pretty embarrassing. The kids are also too witty and clever by half and get really grating really quickly.… Expand
  2. JamesN
    Nov 8, 2009
    2
    Fatuous, self-consciously quirky bilge lazily thrown together over a few awful conceits and caricatures.
  3. DillonT
    Sep 27, 2009
    2
    I don't know what to say...I didn't like her personalities, children, or husband. I get about the same amount of entertainment value from watching commercials.
  4. Camillozzi
    Oct 20, 2013
    1
    United States of Tara tem uma grande premissa, e só. O problema que este drama não engraçado, nem triste o que o torna desinteressante apesar de ter em seus créditos o todo poderoso Spilberg.

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#45 Best TV Season of 2009
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#55 Most Discussed TV Season of 2009
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#47 Most Shared TV Season of 2009

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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    80
    Anyone who makes it past the pilot is in for a pleasant surprise: Things greatly improve as the show settles into a comfortable rhythm through Episodes 2, 3 and 4. United States of Tara breaks new ground when it comes to warped dramatic family comedy.
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  2. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Nancy Franklin
    70
    The three alters are broad stereotypes, but Collette makes the moments of transition surprisingly touching, and sometimes subtly comic.
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  3. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    80
    Cody's gift is for characters who do and say the unexpected while remaining real, but without Colette, it's easy to imagine Tara as a train wreck, or, worse, an acting exercise. Somehow she imbues Tara's alternate personalities--known as the "alters"--with enough substance to make them interesting, without making them so real that we forget they're a manifestation of an illness.
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