Critic Reviews
| 80 |
Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart
The comedy has a loose, improvisational feel to it, but is still pretty fast-paced. And the four characters are at their funniest just in the room alone, swapping lines with each other, an experience a lot of dudes in their 20s can relate to... or so I’m told. |
| 80 |
Washington Post Tom Shales
Factory is the network's first try at a situation comedy and, surprisingly enough, it's neither perfunctory nor primitive. It is, in fact, one of the few pleasant surprises of the summer. |
| 70 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
Clearly flung at the Spike's male demo–-"Get More Action" is the network tagline, which implies a viewership not getting as much as it would like--it has a slightly sour edge that some will just read as The Way Things Are. |
| 63 |
New York Post Adam Buckman
With its loosey-goosey improvisations, Factory plays like a work-in-progress instead of one that was actually finished and really ready for prime time. |
| 60 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
It's not clear what this factory produces. But the show may be creating exactly the product its audience wants. |
| 60 |
Variety Stuart Levine
The humor is sexist, racy and often falls flat, but when it does work, it connects in a way a male-centric audience--and that's Spike's bread and butter--will appreciate. |
| 50 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
It's a mixed bag of un-PC attempts at blue collar humor as four guys yak and try to avoid doing their jobs. |
| 40 |
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
The mood of dark comedy isn’t sustained. Factory quickly devolves into a meaningless slapstick of goofy faces and a forced awkwardness that suggests the vision of someone who has watched “Curb Your Enthusiasm” over and over but has still not figured out what makes it so funny. |
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