Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle
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For 504 reviews, this critic has graded:
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51% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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46% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.9 points lower than other critics.
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Tim Goodman's Scores
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Positive: 267 out of 504
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Mixed: 124 out of 504
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Negative: 113 out of 504
504
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Tim Goodman 50
There's nothing inherently wrong with The Good Wife other than it's a legal series with too many close-up shots of knowing glances and "attagirl Alicia" moments of empowerment that you saw coming 20 minutes prior. -
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Tim Goodman 50
It's traditional sitcom fodder. But what makes The Middle a pleasant surprise is that the series itself is eccentric and funny in unexpected ways, not just the kids. -
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Tim Goodman 50
In truth, it's the bountiful hamminess of McShane and the other evildoers that makes Pillars great fun, even if it's never going to be a candidate for "Masterpiece Theatre." -
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Tim Goodman 50
It could spark discussion or debate. But it's mostly just a reality series. And that means manufactured scenarios, big drama, tears, tattoos, drinking, sex, swearing and lots of arguing and playing to the camera. Straight people have been making fools of themselves on TV like this for ages. -
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Tim Goodman 50
Unfortunately, Life Unexpected took all of the schmaltz of "Gilmore Girls" and expanded it several hundred times over, forgetting to insert any of the quirk and only a smidge of the smart banter. -
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Tim Goodman 50
It's an hour that you'll be able to understand and appreciate, even if you love "Sons of Anarchy" more. Sometimes it's fun to take a spin on your old bike, so to speak. -
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Tim Goodman 50
The Whole Truth, which airs opposite "The Defenders" on ABC, is less lousy. -
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Tim Goodman 50
It's a rote cop show, but in the last five minutes or so, it hints at something deeper.- Posted Oct 20, 2010
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Tim Goodman 50
While the cop genre is all but played out, Detroit 1-8-7 is stylish and acceptably rough-hewn enough to make it worth your while. -
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Tim Goodman 50
Not nearly as good or as complex as "Justified" on FX, but it's a decent hour of mindless entertainment. -
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Tim Goodman 50
While the reworked pilot is a marked improvement over the original, the parts are still not working together, but you'd like to believe they will be in a few episodes. -
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Tim Goodman 50
If you loathe Palin, well, Sarah Palin's Alaska will not change that. If you love Palin, there's probably plenty here to solidify your beliefs.- Posted Dec 9, 2010
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Tim Goodman 50
When Bob's Burgers gets rolling and hints at the smarts that made Home Movies and Dr. Katz so good, it only makes you long for a distancing on the inane, easy-joke riffs that try to be "edgy."- Posted Jan 10, 2011
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Tim Goodman 50
The show is a bold idea, and there's hope for the modern-world portions, but it doesn't quite know what it is (or maybe it does, but the audience won't).- Posted Oct 24, 2011
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Tim Goodman 50
How about less ghost, more Margo? That might help A Gifted Man become better than very average.- Posted Sep 23, 2011
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Tim Goodman 50
There's a nagging suspicion that Hell on Wheels, created by Tony and Joe Gayton, doesn't quite know what it wants to be, which may explain why after four hours it seems like a collection of ideas that haven't quite gelled.- Posted Nov 3, 2011
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Tim Goodman 50
There's not much payoff to the premise. Which is a real shame, because there's a good show here somewhere- Posted Jan 17, 2012
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Tim Goodman 50
What Animals is trying to do is take The West Wing and turn it into Dallas. And if you don't like Dallas, that can be a real letdown.- Posted Jul 11, 2012
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Tim Goodman 50
Like a lot of pilots, Animal Practice is messy, and if you don't like the monkey, well, you're probably not coming back.- Posted Aug 6, 2012
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Tim Goodman 50
Perhaps the worst offense by 666 is that it's not even an ounce scary.- Posted Sep 27, 2012
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Tim Goodman 50
Copper has the same problems that AMC's Hell on Wheels does, which is that there's an excellent show there somewhere, just not on the screen.- Posted Aug 16, 2012
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Tim Goodman 50
The series still can't get liftoff because it seems like a limp copy.- Posted Aug 17, 2012
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Tim Goodman 50
The hour goes by fairly quickly, but it's neither overtly scary nor overtly funny, and mixing those tones is very hard indeed.- Posted Oct 23, 2012
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Tim Goodman 50
There’s not much that’s particularly fresh in Mr. Selfridge beyond the premise, and whether that deserves eight parts is up to you.- Posted Mar 27, 2013
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Tim Goodman 50
Despite some funny moments and undercurrents of real potential, Greetings From Tucson has nothing special going for it other than being part of an emerging trend. For it to survive, the writing will have to be snappier and the situations more original.- Posted Feb 24, 2013
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Tim Goodman 50
How to Live With Your Parents is a fish-out-of-water story, naturally, and thus seems all-too-familiar. But the show is spiked with enough talent (hard to go too wrong with Chalke, Perkins and Garrett) that it could conceivably find an audience.- Posted Apr 4, 2013
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Tim Goodman 40
Not only do [Kyle Bornheimer and Christine Woods] try heroically to make something out of nothing, but they also have a realness you'd actually want to watch--something that is buried by the other two couples spouting unfunny dialogue and flailing desperately to find identity in their characters.- Posted Jan 20, 2011
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Tim Goodman 40
All the early signs were right--this is an exercise in verbal gymnastics and no matter how famous the two leads are, it's difficult to embrace their characters, because they have that air of stagey self-importance, as if the goal was to be viewed from seats in the distance, not welcomed into your living room.- Posted Feb 10, 2011
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