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War At Home, The
SERIES: Fox, Sunday 8:30p (30 minutes)


3.2

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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.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
CREATED BY:	Rob Lotterstein
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 11, 2005

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

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

Kansas City Star Aaron 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.

Los Angeles Times Paul 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.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

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

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Would be revolutionary -- if the year was 1980.

New York Post Linda 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.

Chicago Tribune Sid Smith

"War" is sometimes funny.

USA Today Robert Bianco

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

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

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

Entertainment Weekly Gillian 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]

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

A coarse, exceedingly obnoxious show.

Variety Phil Gallo

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

San Francisco Chronicle Tim 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.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

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

Miami Herald Glenn 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.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Has absolutely nothing going for it.

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

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

Village Voice Joy Press

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

Washington Post Tom Shales

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

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

If this is America, I want out.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

This is awful.

The average user rating for this tv show is 3.2 (out of 10) based on 74 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.

War At Home, The SERIES: Fox, Sunday 8:30p (30 minutes)

War At Home, The
SERIES: Fox, Sunday 8:30p (30 minutes)