Critic Reviews
| 40 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
Mowry herself is charming and capable, and Wendy Raquel Robinson has some fine moments as the mother-manager, but it’s clear that “The Game” is to be played on the surface of these potentially interesting lives. |
| 38 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
Where "The Game" botches its "Game" plan, though, is in writing punch lines that are much too broad, and in casting men who are more convincing in their roles and relationships than the women. |
| 37 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
It just isn't funny. At all. Ever. |
| 30 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Despite the lethargic story and jokes that rarely elicit more than polite chuckles from the studio audience, "Game" is not without potential. |
| 25 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
"The Game" is such a predictable drag, it's hard to keep your eyes on it. It's like watching traffic or a catnap or a Bunsen burner. |
| 20 |
Variety Brian Lowry
"The Game" feels pretty artificial. |
| 20 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
"The Game" lacks the relationships that made "Girlfriends" a qualified UPN hit and the comedy to make it much of anything for The CW. |
| 20 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
The network may have a new name, but it's presenting the same old desperate, low-budget foolishness. |
| 20 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
Unfortunately, it doesn't come close to matching [Girlfriends'] appeal. |
| 12 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
"The Game" commits all the sins you can imagine in a poorly conceived sitcom. It goes for laughs and sap, the world's most dangerous and noxious combination. It's also not funny, believable, interesting or... inspired. |
| 10 |
Newsday Diane Werts
A groaner from beginning to end. |
| 10 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
This new CW series cranks out brash jokes that evaporate upon hitting the air, winds them into situations where women submit to their men, and leaves no aftertaste when it's gone. It's on TV, but it's never truly on. |
| 10 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
A light-as-a-feather new sitcom. |
| 10 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
A hollow imitation of a sitcom. |
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