Modern Men
WB | Release Date: March 17, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
24
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
13

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: "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. Read full review
50
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: While "Men" may have the nutritional equivalent of stick gum, there's some genuine charm here along with a surprisingly seasoned and talented cast. Read full review
50
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: "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. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: The problem with "Modern Men" is that the scenes between the guys and the life coach don't play. Read full review
40
Washington PostChip Crews
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
30
PopMattersTodd R. Ramlow
Season 1 Review: These stereotypes (the befuddled one, the needy one, the sexist pig) hardly make for the most engaging cast of characters. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: This is yet another terrible WB sitcom that never should have been made. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyPaul Katz
Season 1 Review: [Bruckheimer's] latest dud. [17 Mar 2006, p.109]
12
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: Bad sitcom, bad. Read full review
12
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: "Modern Men" is a waste of money, time and only an elder generation of talent. Read full review
10
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
10
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: One of the most flat-footed sitcoms of the year. Read full review
10
Chicago Tribune
Season 1 Review: The show suffers from a surfeit of cliched sex jokes and morning-after doldrums. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
10
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: A crummy comedy. Read full review
10
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: "Modern Men" actually leaves you hoping [Bruckheimer] will revert to bigscreen form and blow something up. Read full review
10
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: It is so mediocre it's almost fascinating to behold, ''almost" being the operative word. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: It's stupid and annoying and a retread of countless other stupid and annoying, totally unoriginal WB sitcoms. Read full review
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