Vice Principals
HBO | Release Date: July 17, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
11
Negative:
8
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30
Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanJul 25, 2016
Season 1 Review: Vice Principals has some weird twists, like Russell’s home life, that keep the show vaguely watchable at times, but it doesn’t have enough laughs and or a satirical bite to keep it propped up. Read full review
30
We Got This CoveredIsaac Feldberg Jul 18, 2016
Season 1 Review: The kind of nasty, mean-spirited, generically offensive comedy that we just don’t need more of in 2016. Read full review
30
VarietySonia SaraiyaJul 15, 2016
Season 1 Review: It feels often as if the show cannot contain the anger and resentment it is trying to tap into, and instead of doing the work of converting it into comedy, it has just unleashed unpleasantness into the ether. Read full review
30
The Salt Lake TribuneScott D. PierceJul 12, 2016
Season 1 Review: Crude comedy can be funny, but this is lots of crude and almost nothing in the way of comedy. Repeatedly dropping f-bombs doesn't make Vice Principals anything but lame. Neal and Lee are childish idiots, sure, but they're not amusing. Read full review
25
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJul 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: Vice Principals can be coarsely amusing in fits and spurts. But when it’s bad, it’s horrid. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert BiancoJul 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: Anything even marginally appealing about Vice Principals is overwhelmed by the witless ugliness, rampant stupidity and utter cluelessness about the times in which we live. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJul 22, 2016
Season 1 Review: If F-bombs and infantile name-calling are your special vice, the very thought leaving you gasping with laughter, then maybe Vice Principals will seem like a gnarly, nasty treat. ... Some vices just can't be excused. [25 Jul-7 Aug 2016, p.15]
10
The OregonianKristi TurnquistJul 15, 2016
Season 1 Review: Vice Principals isn't just a show to skip. It's a show to actively avoid. Read full review
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