Whisker Wars
IFC | IFC - Independent Film Channel | Release Date: August 5, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
3
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0
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Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisAug 5, 2011
Season 1 Review: This reality show tracks, with admirable and hilarious straight-facedness, the follicularly oriented infighting that plagues Beard Team USA (a name I will never tire of writing), as well as their attempt to dethrone the presumably more regimented Germans as planet Earth's top whisker warriors. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid KnowlesAug 4, 2011
Season 1 Review: Although that dictum doesn't fill Whisker Wars with Deadliest Catch levels of dramatic tension, this detour into the world of competitive bearding is worth a gander or two. Read full review
67
NewsdayDiane WertsAug 5, 2011
Season 1 Review: If it wasn't a docucomedy, it would just be dull. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydAug 5, 2011
Season 1 Review: We get a glimpse of some intriguing characters that we don't, however, quite come to know--not in the episodes I've seen, anyway--because we are being pelted the whole time with exposition and explanation. We're rarely allowed just to look or listen in or to think for ourselves. Read full review
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Washington PostHank StueverAug 5, 2011
Season 1 Review: There's no time for anthropology, psychology or cultural criticism. Whisker Wars, it seems, is no different from those shows about extreme couponers or the woman who eats the stuffing out of sofa cushions. Read full review
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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenAug 4, 2011
Season 1 Review: Whisker Wars gives a few glimpses into the care regimen of these mens' beards but fails to ask or answer an essential question: Why do they bother? Read full review
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