• Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 23, 2009
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
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Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critics What's this?

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 405 Ratings

  • Summary: The comedy explores the idea of what is the modern idea of a family.
  • Genre(s): Comedy
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Reviewed by: Paige Wiser
    100
    This fast-paced mockumentary perfectly captures the experience of parenthood.
  2. Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Dec 15, 2010
    100
    This remains far and away the best prime-time sitcom: crisp and farcical, but very kind. [25 Oct 2010, p.37]
  3. In a fall season surprisingly flush with good sitcoms, the best new comedy by far--and it's not that close of a race - is Modern Family on ABC.
  4. It's like three, maybe four sitcoms all squeezed into one, and quite an enjoyable one.

See all 27 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 11 out of 124
  1. AF
    9
    Makes me laugh every week. Reminds me of The Office and Arrested Development. My one gripe is that the mockumentary style has been used too much lately. Expand
  2. I love the show, it makes me laugh. The cast is great. The only problem is that the show is becoming worse and worse by the episode. They really need a huge jump to get my rating back at 10 Expand
  3. The show isn't horrible, but in my opinion, it isn't good either. I watched the first couple of seasons, but on the third season I got tired of the show. It truly surprises me why people like the show so much, there are a few jokes per episode, but in my opinion the rest of the episode is a huge waste of time. Expand
  4. JorgeH.
    0
    I found this show to be quite annoying, with only 1 exception. The gays are typical, the dad is THE most annoying person ever, and the 15 year old daughter he has is a typical slut who never listens to her parents blah blah blah. Expand

See all 124 User Reviews

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