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Little Britain USA
SERIES: HBO, Sunday 10:30p (30 minutes)

7.3 based on 17 reviews read critic reviews how did we calculate this? based on 25 votes read user comments rate this tv show

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Starring Matt Lucas, and David Walliams

The award-winning sketch comedy comes stateside with its creators/stars on board.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
CREATED BY:	Matt Lucas David Walliams
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 28, 2008

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

USA Today Robert Bianco

Indeed, the only real downside of the program is that they've made only six episodes.

90

TV Guide Matt Roush

It’s all very rude and often tremendously grotesque, but it’s a belly laugh a minute.

80

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

You don't like comedy that pushes the boundaries of good taste, you have no business here. But the material is presented with enough comic skill, cultural resonance, and clever mockery to rise above.

80

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

The easily offended should steer clear, but viewers with an appreciation for outrageous humor are likely to have a good laugh watching Little Britain USA.

75

Entertainment Weekly Alynda Wheat

The material's solid, but it won't convince the newbies.

75

Chicago Sun-Times Misha Davenport

The show is vulgar, crude and over the top. The jokes are usually cynical and occasionally cruel. That doesn't make them less funny; it just means you might feel guilty for laughing.

70

Washington Post Tom Shales

Little Britain USA isn't precisely the same television show that's been slaying audiences and collecting awards in England and Australia for the past several years, but it's close.

70

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

It's not that Americans can't master the outlandish sketch comedy exemplified by Little Britain USA. It's just that, from Monty Python to Borat to Eddie Izzard, the British invariably do it so much better.

70

Slate Troy Patterson

The success or failure of Little Britain USA will depend on the prevalence of a particular strain of Anglophilia.

60

LA Weekly Robert Abele

The oldies amount to a reset button in case you’ve never seen the show before, but it’s a toss-up if the umpteenth appearance of these loonies will make die-hards keep laughing. The new gallery of U.S.-born weirdos is slightly unremarkable.

50

Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara

If you are a fan of, say, "Little Britain" in Season 3, you will probably like "Little Britain USA." As for the uninitiated, well, I suppose it all comes down to a person's fondness for penis jokes.

50

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

Some of it works, much of it doesn't.

40

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

Though there are exceptions and a few bits work, the skits that weren’t funny in one episode don’t become funny when they are repeated, with minor alterations, in the next.

30

Variety Brian Lowry

Little Britain's laughs are as puny as its ambitions.

30

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

The concept and the characters start to wear thin within an episode or two.

30

Time James Poniewozik

While I know the show has avid fans, this version leaves me cold much like the original does.

30

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

If you think "SpongeBob Squarepants" would be funnier if it added a couple of hookers and a cross-dressing junkie, this is the show for you. Everybody else should take a pass.

The average user rating for this tv show is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 25 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

chuck M gave it a3:
Sadly after a consistently funny first series, the signs were beggining to show that the material was getting a bit thin even during the second. The third series just seemed to ramp up the vulgarity and shock factor but forget about the humour, and that's exactly where we're at right now with Little Britain USA. Damn right offensive in parts and without the humour to back it up it simply feels embarrassing, there are one or two genius moments but they're spread so thin that its barely worth enduring the barrage of filth coming your way to get to them. Surely the whole reason for this series was to point out the cultural differences between the two nations and poke fun at the American attitude to the world. This I'm afraid only happens on rare occasions (hunters roping a mouse to the pick-up), the majority of the rest of the sketches could be set anywhere and they simply rehash old ideas. Lucas and Walliams are undeniably very funny, but they seemed to run out of characters and ideas a good few years ago. I'm British and have to endure the overhyping of this show daily, I'm glad that people have finally started to see through the thin veneer though. Believe me, this is not British humour at it's best. There are countless shows that are much more clever, inventive and most importantly funny than this debacle, please don't buy into the it because it's British and very rude.

Brian M. gave it a5:
This show tries hard to be outrageous and offensive with the thought that those traits are the same thing as being funny. Sadly there are fewer laughs than there are moments that make you cringe. I'm not offended by the show, just not amused. It tries too hard.

SlyEnemy ... gave it a2:
Matt Lucas and David Walliams have taken the most commercial route into comedy they possibly could have. Matt Lucas' days of Reeves and Mortimer hilarity have been diluted into fifteen or so catchphrases repeated ad infinitum. Whilst the lowest common denominator will lap it up and bark "Want that one" in the middle of the street with their mates, the one's amongst us who aren't taking Lithium will watch one episode, take in the midly amusing anecdotes and then skip the next few years of talking dolls, "I'm a lady" rucksacks and singing birthday cards.

Simon J gave it a10:
Absolutely hilarious. Some people won't get it or be offended by the content but if thats the case then don't watch it ffs. The only shame is that there are only 6 episodes. Would like to see David, Matt and the team do some more!

Peter R. gave it a10:
Fabulous show. It really hits the spot when it comes to entertaining.

Chris M. gave it a4:
Hit and miss so far. Some characters are funny (Mr. Doggy, the old married couple) but most are droll and unfunny (Fat Fighters, the inane receptionist, Bubbles Devere). I have no problem with any of the "gross out" humor, but most of those sketches are one-dimensional and kind of boring. Just because they show some fake wang and breasts doesn't make it funny. Also, if they got rid of the laugh track, that would be a move in the right direction.

David P. gave it a5:
The firs show was ok. I didn't laugh for quite a lot of the show. The duo should stay in Britain and make fun of us, which is what you are good at.

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