Big Day

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

Husband-and-wife team Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa pack the half-hour with oddball characters, zany circumstances and loads of physical comedy, but it's all grounded in enough reality to be utterly believable and irrepressibly funny.

The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan

“Big Day” is marvelously cast, and the actors, especially Wendie Malick, manage, like the cast of “24,” to convey a sense of urgency that almost belongs on the stage.

New York PostLinda Stasi

Normally, this should be as much fun as pulling out your own fingernails, but the cast for the most part makes it tolerable and fun.

NewsdayVerne Gay

A harmless and mostly fun little sitcom.

Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall

The larger problem may be whether there's enough material to cover an entire season.

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

A lot of this is pretty funny, but for 24 episodes?

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

"Big Day" doesn't feel like a big hit, but it is intermittently amusing.

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

Whether you'll want to go the distance with "Big Day" will probably rest on how close you feel to the family.

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

The show often goes to annoying extremes.

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

"Big Day" just doesn't deliver many big laughs.

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

Too often, “Big Day” evokes the unpleasantness of pre-wedding stress, without mining the nuptial process for creative, original laughs.

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

Big Day is forced and tiring, although Wendie Malick is a delirious hoot as the bride's pushy mom.

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

Despite its formal ambition, "Big Day" is disappointingly ordinary.

People WeeklyTom Gliatto

There are small funny moments along the way. [4 Dec 2006, p.39]

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

The question, still open, is whether the writers can pack enough comic caffeine into the next 21 weeks to keep viewers along for the ride.

USA TodayRobert Bianco

The show is all structure and no substance.

Washington PostTeresa Wiltz

"Big Day"... doesn't have an original bone in its carefully constructed body, which would be a pardonable offense if it were actually funny. Which, alas, it is not.

Variety

With too many one-note jokes and characters, insufficient barrel laughs and too much controlled chaos, "Big Day" will be lucky if it even makes it to the afternoon let alone a walk down the aisle.

Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn

Big Day has no likable characters. [1 Dec 2006, p.72]

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

One of the most puzzling things about TV this year is the mere existence of this catastrophe. It is a huge, huge pile.

TV GuideMatt Roush

Big Day should be retitled "The Longest Day," as it spends an entire season showing us how many dreadfully unfunny complications can spoil a single wedding day.

San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum

The situations are predictable, the writing is unfunny and the cast is forced to overplay every scene in hopes of generating something resembling a chuckle.

Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart

A stinking pile of unlikely plot twists, brain-dead dialogue and cardboard characters.

Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield

"Big Day" is basically bad community theater with music clearances.

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

[A] laugh-free comedy.