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EMAILPRINTSERIES: Fox, Sunday 8:30p (30 minutes)

War At Home, The
28
3.2 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 21 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 75 votes
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Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Created By: Rob Lotterstein

First Air Date: September 11, 2005

Summary

Starring Michael Rapaport, Anita Barone, Dean Collins, Kaylee DeFer, and Kyle Sullivan

Fox's sitcom, compared--unfavorably--to "Married... With Children" and "All In The Family" (presumably for its crudeness), follows two parents and their daily battles against their teenage children to keep their home, their children, and themselves in order.

What The Critics Said

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...

70

The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley

Not all the jokes are funny, but the characters are winningly unlovable.

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60

Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart

There’s nothing especially novel on “The War at Home,” except the way the familiar elements -- punch lines, fantasy sequences, sassy kids, talk-to-the-camera confessionals, bleeped profanity -- come together.

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60

Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield

The result is a show that tilts toward the familiar except for the man in the middle of it. Rapaport... is a fresh choice as a man-boy whose wife and kids dance circles around him.

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60

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

You may also laugh at some of these jokes, because Michael Rapaport, who plays Daddy Dave, delivers them with such bravado.

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50

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

Would be revolutionary -- if the year was 1980.

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50

New York PostLinda Stasi

While the cast is quite good, and they even manage to rip a laugh or two out of the material, it's not enough to sustain a whole show.

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50

Chicago TribuneSid Smith

"War" is sometimes funny.

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38

USA TodayRobert Bianco

You can think of it as Titus with kids added and talent removed.

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25

People WeeklyTom Gliatto

The only good thing is Anita Barone. [19 Sep 2005, p.48]

25

Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn

It's one limp comedy that pretends to be frank and daring about race, gender, and sexual orientation--and instead is glib, tired, and slippery. [11 Nov 2005, p.59]

20

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

A coarse, exceedingly obnoxious show.

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20

VarietyPhil Gallo

An uninspired collection of cliches, sex jokes and uninvolving characters.

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12

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

If "The War at Home" spent more time on good jokes instead of recycling every gimmick ever seen on TV, it might merely be mediocre, but it's worse.

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12

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

Yes, it's "Married ... With Children" all over again, except that it's not played as broadly, or as successfully.

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10

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

The network thinks this is razor's-edge television because the characters turn to address the audience during cut-ins. But all the bellowing is straight from The Honeymooners, the jokes from Mandingo and the dialogue... from about sixth grade.

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10

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

Has absolutely nothing going for it.

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10

Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond

What this show does prove is that you can be racy and still somehow tediously tame.

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10

Village VoiceJoy Press

A template of clichés the writers don't even bother to fill in.

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0

Washington PostTom Shales

The problem is not just that it's crude and gross, but that its crudeness and grossness are so pathetically forced and contrived.

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0

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

If this is America, I want out.

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0

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

This is awful.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 3.2 (out of 10) based on 75 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jason H. gave it a0:
Thank god this trash is finally off the air. Amen!

Nasdaq gave it an8:
I have only seen the first season and it was interesting. Something to watch while you are working on the pc.

Ralph M. gave it a0:
Finally this trash gets cancelled. All the hatemongers and generally weak-minded indivduals who liked this show will have to get their fix somewhere else.

[Anonymous] gave it a0:
They cancelled Aressted Development for this nonsense? Who's running Fox? I rated this a 0 only because there was no lower a score available.

Natalie o gave it a6:
I find this show to be pretty funny

Fatt A. gave it a0:
OMG I want 2 hit all of u people this show is terrible, deff. the worst show ever!! the only people who like it are racists, and assholes!

Todd R. gave it a0:
Matt L. It's people as low a lifeform as you who could possibly find this funny. As your comment literally proves everyones opinion about why this show is so awful.

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