| 63 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
"Freddie" isn't groundbreaking, but it's watchable, and the characters are very likable. |
| 60 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
It's an amiable show whose main purpose is to give Prinze a place to be amiable in, and it does that well enough, when it isn't straining for laughs or wandering too far from the path of probability. |
| 58 |
Entertainment Weekly Alynda Wheat
[A] bland sitcom. [14 Oct 2005, p.142] |
| 50 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
Freddie is a series of collisions -- between generations, sexes, ethnicities and perhaps most of all between youthful Latin macho and imperious Latin matriarchy in the struggle to rule the house. |
| 50 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
[A] bland, formulaic family comedy. |
| 50 |
Newsday Verne Gay
Cynical, randy, derivative and as wearily familiar as a cup of cheap joe, "Freddie" is also expertly cast, acted, written and directed. |
| 50 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
The new premiere isn't horrible, and it shows some promise. |
| 50 |
New York Post Adam Buckman
This guy has a great personality. Building a likable sitcom around him ought to be a no-brainer. So why haven't they done it? |
| 50 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
The big problem is Prinze himself, an actor whose work has shown much charm but not much range. Here, even the charm is missing as he dwells on every joke and gesture. |
| 40 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
A fairly pedestrian comedy that needs all the studio-generated laughter it can muster. |
| 40 |
Cleveland Plain Dealer Mark Dawidziak
The best aspect of "Freddie" is that it makes an earnest attempt to depict a loving, supportive Latino family. You want to spend time with them, but only if the writers put as much sizzle into the scripts as Freddie does in his beloved recipes. |
| 38 |
People Weekly Tom Gliatto
Maybe Prinze should just clear the soundstage of all these people, stand there alone and start over. [24 Oct 2005, p.41] |
| 30 |
New York Magazine John Leonard
Freddie... isn’t funny. |
| 30 |
Variety Phil Gallo
Its humor is simple and, at times, degrading. |
| 30 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
It appears Freddie Prinze Jr. studied at the Matt LeBlanc School of Acting given his mumbling performance and nice-guy-cum-neanderthal portrayal of Freddie Moreno. |
| 20 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
''Freddie" tries to distinguish itself with Puerto Rican dash, and it has been even more ruthlessly built to appeal to TV's most coveted audience, young women, by exploiting Prinze's pinup appeal. Maybe ABC should think about adding a third element to help the show attract viewers: It's called good writing. |
| 20 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
It's ABC's idea of good, clean fun. Sad that it's the best idea the network could have. |
| 10 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
Dead on arrival in the laughs department. |
| 10 |
Washington Post Tom Shales
The characters aren't dimensional, or very involving, and Freddie has a drab sort of haplessness that makes him seem at best a chump, at worst a chimp. |
| 10 |
Chicago Tribune Sid Smith
Never amusing, "Freddie" is relentlessly unreal and monotonously sophomoric. |
| 10 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
An absolute mess. |
| 10 |
Village Voice Joy Press
A transparent, if lame, vehicle for Freddie Prinze Jr. |
| 10 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
The fall's worst new comedy. |
| 0 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
Terrible writing, painful acting, forced comic situations. |
