| 90 |
Variety Phil Gallo
One of the sharpest-looking comedy pilots in recent years. |
| 88 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
One tasty comic treat. |
| 80 |
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
It embodies many of the same elements that made Star's HBO half-hour a winner. That means an energetic blend of sex, sophistication, outlandishness and rat-a-tat-tat dialogue spilling from the mouths of effortlessly attractive characters in a sleek setting. |
| 80 |
Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart
This is one smart, funny comedy that deserves better than the anemic time slot it’s getting. |
| 80 |
PopMatters Samantha Bornemann
So no, the jokes aren't as haute as the cuisine. But presentation, on the plate or on television, goes a long way, and Confidential has the look of a winner. |
| 80 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
The writing is sharp and sophisticated, avoiding the predictable sitcom cliches. |
| 70 |
Newsday Verne Gay
Anyone who wants to take a walk on the wild side and lose an appetite in the process, your show has arrived. |
| 67 |
Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn
Only a few scenes capture the swagger and passion that made Bourdain's memoir so enthralling. |
| 63 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
"Kitchen Confidential" holds more potential than tonight's decent if imperfect start, given Star's track record and casting. |
| 63 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
The antics, though, are standard sitcom - and, refreshingly, many actually are funny. |
| 60 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
'Kitchen Confidential" is the kind of new TV show that fits perfectly beside the adjective ''promising." Pilots sometimes strain to set up the entire series, and tonight's episode of ''Confidential" has its share of forced material. |
| 60 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
Cooper and Somerville... keep things moving. |
| 60 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
The biggest problem with Fox's "Kitchen Confidential" is that star Bradley Cooper... is far too appealing to play a bad-boy chef. |
| 60 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
The cast is attractive, the show's look is sleek, the pace is frantic, but Kitchen Confidential isn't especially funny. |
| 60 |
The Onion A.V. Club
All the elements of a first-rate show are in place.... So why isn't it funnier? |
| 50 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
It isn't a laugh-a-minute free-for-all. |
| 50 |
The New York Times Frank Bruni
[Cooper's] presence [is] almost engaging enough to redeem an overstuffed, overbaked first episode. |
| 50 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
The writers seem to assume that life backstage at a glamorous New York restaurant is so inherently enticing, we'll just fall into the story on our own. Maybe, but a few sympathetic characters or amusing lines couldn't have hurt. |
| 40 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
Confidential is a comedy hash - lots of heat, little taste. |
| 40 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Backstage antics are what's supposed to make "Kitchen Confidential" hilarious, but instead the characters just come off as juvenile. |
