Critic Reviews
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Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale
"Items" is like NBC's "The Office" on laughing gas - the same kind of poker-faced dysfunction in a crushingly ordinary setting, but faster and funnier. |
| 70 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
10 Items or Less is a quick hit of inanity, as close to The Office as anything else. |
| 67 |
Entertainment Weekly Hannah Tucker
It's as much miss as hit. [1 Dec 2006, p.75] |
| 60 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
There are no deep belly laughs here but you can count on a steady stream of chuckles, more from the characters than the situations. |
| 50 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
"10 Items" isn't a great comedy yet, but it often takes time. |
| 50 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
The show, in its way, is too slight to be totally fulfilling, tending to collapse into slapstick, but it can get by on moments. |
| 30 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
While you have to give them credit for trying something at least a little different, the creators and cast try way too hard to pull laughs out of the situation and the show comes off as forced and unbelievable. |
| 30 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
It's partially improvised, which comes off looking like they're having more fun than we are. |
| 25 |
New York Post Adam Buckman
The improvisations are sometimes so forced that I swear you can actually see the actors thinking about what to say next. |
| 20 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
Most of the time, [Lehr] and the show are insufferable. |
| 20 |
Variety Brian Lowry
"10 Items or Less" labors too hard at being clever and occasionally teeters into shrill mode where a half-dozen characters are all yelling at each other simultaneously. |
| 20 |
Washington Post Tom Shales
Bluntly put, neither the writers nor the actors are good enough at what they're trying to do to justify trying to do it. They'd all be better off making "10 Items" a traditional scripted show, because then it would stand a better chance of making sense. |
| 10 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
Yet another doomed and dreadful attempt to bring improv comedy to television. |
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