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80Crumbs' approach to the foibles of the family, though not for the tender-hearted, is raucously funny.
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75It's actually rather funny, broadly entertaining and blessed with a sweet screwball spirit. It's a promising farce with heart.
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75Crumbs has promise. [13 Jan 2006, p.71]
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70An offbeat show that veers between wacky and truly poignant extremes.
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70There is a dynamic of affection and caring that makes the series more than just a collection of witty lines effectively delivered.
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70"Crumbs" is surprisingly good.
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60Feels like an indie feature idea crammed into a sitcom.
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50Since the show stars all these great TV actors... the show sustains some laughs that it wouldn't otherwise be able to wring out of bad material.
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50To the extent Crumbs works at all, it works because of Curtin.
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50"Crumbs" is hideously overscored.... That's unfortunate, because the sappy swells detract from the series' wicked dialogue, and scenes oozing with the brand of dark, twisted humor only family can inflict upon one another.
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50Next Thursday's outing is much better [than the pilot], suggesting the series could generate some laughs over the long haul.
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50"Crumbs" elicits laughs from time to time, but given the subject matter, I still think this particular story would have been better told as a comedic drama than as the occasionally dramatic comedy that it is.
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40To its credit, Crumbs tries to go deeper in depicting conflicted characters. That, unfortunately, doesn't make this series any funnier.
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40Though it's admirable that ABC took a chance on a family that does not revolve around a dumb, doughy dad and sassy kids, the tragedy at the core of the Crumb clan ensures that the comedy doesn't quite get off the ground.
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40Still, if it's not funny, why give "Crumbs" any attention at all? Because it's an unusual experiment: not only is the show set among a fraction of the American gentry that few would consider relatable, but it also exhibits more gravitas than any sitcom in television history.
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40Credit the veteran cast with making the series barely tolerable, but for the most part "Crumbs" is pretty crummy, the sitcom deconstructed to its most primordial form.
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38Every year, there's at least one sitcom that takes an extremely talented cast, and wastes all that talent in an extremely disappointing series.
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38It just doesn't work. [30 Jan 2006, p.38]
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In the end, the one-note antics grow wearisome.
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30These actors deserve better material.
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25You have no idea how much restraint I'm using not to call it "Crummy." Oops. Lost the restraint.
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12We watched a second episode of "Crumbs" just to make sure there wasn't something hilarious for you under a rock, some morsel of humor left over. Um, no.
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10A relentlessly unfunny mid-season replacement comedy from ABC that sucks all the fun out of dysfunction, the show could have been pitched to network execs as "Arrested Development meets Ordinary People." But it shows none of the former's wit or latter's intelligence.
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10It mistakes boorishness for zaniness.
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10Not only do you get insufferable comedy, but phony drama, too.
User score distribution:
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MarkC.9Excellent show - the promos made it look corny so I was surprised I liked it so much. Something tells me it is too smart for network TV however.
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amandaf10touching-smart, funny as hell
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DerrickM9Saw it for the first time last night. 02/07/06 The show is great!!!