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Modern Men
SERIES: WB, Friday 9:30p (30 minutes)


4.8

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Starring Josh Braaten, Max Greenfield, Eric Lively, Marla Sokoloff, Jane Seymour, George Wendt, and Kiele Sanchez

Three twentysomething men attend sessions with a life coach in a weekly attempt to improve their dating lives in this Jerry Bruckheimer-produced sitcom.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
FIRST AIR DATE:	March 17, 2006

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...

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

"Modern Men" is funny, but it is actually all about role reversal, depicting an imaginary world in which young men are as deeply concerned about their love lives and future spouses as women are.

Newsday Verne Gay

While "Men" may have the nutritional equivalent of stick gum, there's some genuine charm here along with a surprisingly seasoned and talented cast.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

"Modern Men" feels anything but, well, modern. But in its own goofy, good-natured retro way, this old-school comedy... generates some lighthearted, if predictable grins.

Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

The problem with "Modern Men" is that the scenes between the guys and the life coach don't play.

Washington Post Chip Crews

A show like this... doesn't ask a lot of its audience, or of itself. In that context, give the three leads credit: They display flashes of skill and even subtlety in depicting their one-dimensional characters.

PopMatters Todd R. Ramlow

These stereotypes (the befuddled one, the needy one, the sexist pig) hardly make for the most engaging cast of characters.

Entertainment Weekly Paul Katz

[Bruckheimer's] latest dud. [17 Mar 2006, p.109]

USA Today Robert Bianco

This is yet another terrible WB sitcom that never should have been made.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

Bad sitcom, bad.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

"Modern Men" is a waste of money, time and only an elder generation of talent.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

One of the most flat-footed sitcoms of the year.

Chicago Tribune

The show suffers from a surfeit of cliched sex jokes and morning-after doldrums.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

This formulaic, hard-to-swallow concoction of glib writing and off-putting characters neither enhances the credits of its cast nor the reputation of Jerry Bruckheimer when it comes to TV comedy.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

A crummy comedy.

Variety Brian Lowry

"Modern Men" actually leaves you hoping [Bruckheimer] will revert to bigscreen form and blow something up.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

It is so mediocre it's almost fascinating to behold, ''almost" being the operative word.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

A live-action version of Beavis & Butthead, except with a cast that's considerably less life-like, Modern Men is from the Guys Are Loathsome Pigs And Chicks Must Civilize Them genre that produced Men Behaving Badly, Champs and a bunch of other unwatched and unremembered shows, of which this will soon be one.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

It's stupid and annoying and a retread of countless other stupid and annoying, totally unoriginal WB sitcoms.

The average user rating for this tv show is 4.8 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Casper gave it a10:
I simple like it...

Tanino M gave it a0:
Utter rubbish - thank god the WB is going....

Cranston R gave it a0:
Summed up in one word...SUCKS!

Tont gave it a0:
Total rubbish - totally agree with some reviews that state another WB 'comedy' that never should have been made.

Barbra L gave it a10:
This show was witty, fast-paced, and fantastic! I hope the new network picks it up...best sitcom to come along in a long time!

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Modern Men SERIES: WB, Friday 9:30p (30 minutes)

Modern Men
SERIES: WB, Friday 9:30p (30 minutes)