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100"Love Monkey" may well be the smartest and most innovative network comedy-drama in many a year.
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90It all flows from the heart in a way few shows do, unfolding with the ease of being surrounded by people you've known forever already.
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88Tremendously likable.
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80It's sexy, funny, hip and heartfelt.
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80A thoroughly enjoyable series, the kind that makes you smile throughout and occasionally burst out laughing.
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75This is a series with potential.
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75"Love Monkey" manages in one hour to be both funny and endearing, a more option-rich version of "Ed."
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75There are times when the show feels both weightless and way too precious (that title), but those are counterbalanced by the charm and skill of the cast.
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70Love Monkey is an anomaly, an intelligent, well-written dramedy for adults about adults, even if some of the chords it hits are in a minor key.
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70I was initially concerned that this was going to become a male Grey's Anatomy... but Love Monkey creator Michael Rauch... keeps facile wisdom to a bare minimum, and a certain urban energy level turned up.
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70It is so well-assembled and well-played that its contrivances and clichés play like something reasonably close to life.
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70Unless you're a cold, cynical, seen-it-all kind of guy (or chick), odds are you'll find a lot to like about the first episode.
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70Familiar as it all sounds, series creator Michael Rauch plucks most of the right chords.
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70Smarter and snappier than one might have expected from a familiar sitcom premise.
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70"Love Monkey" is easy to dismiss yet hard to dislike.
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67For all the amiability of the cast, few of their interactions feel natural. [27 Jan 2006, p.73]
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60To say that Love Monkey is derivative and predictable is not quite the same as saying it's bad.
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60The series is well written, and has its moments.
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60Without its classic, punk, and alternative allusions, the New York romantic comedy would be just another ''Sex and the City" with dudes, another ''Jake in Progress" or ''Four Kings." But with its musical knowing, ''Love Monkey" comes off more like a small-screen ''High Fidelity."
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50"Love Monkey" does have its endearing moments. A few chuckles, even. But tonight's debut clomps all over predictable territory.
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50Ed and Tom may be similar, but Ed was plenty more satisfying than this Monkey business
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40As with many other instances of men sharing their feelings, Love is better in theory than in practice.
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40The premise of an attractive group of friends living and loving in the Big Apple is not exactly a novel idea, but there's always room for a series that resonates with a distinctive new take, a unique perspective or memorable characters. Unfortunately, this isn't it.
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What ultimately hampers Love Monkey isn't its lack of credibility. It's a severe shortage of preposterousness.
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10Another failed attempt to use rock as the backdrop for an insipid sitcom.
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Melissa10This is a very well-written show with lots of great cameos -- too bad it was canceled.
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Bill10Great show, i think it belonged more on Vh1 then CBS. But did it canceled there too? ...