Freaktana A Major Disappointment

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

A_Different_Drummer Detractors of the series say it was "merely" a knockoff of Married With Children (which is like criticizing a sci-fi film for being similar to Star Wars) but a 4-year run is not bad for any comedy in this era. I felt that Addy and Gertz had both chemistry and comic timing. He could take prime steak and make it seem like hamburger. And she could do the exact opposite. In other words, perfectly matched, counterpointed, and making for a comfy little comedy where you looked at the characters like an extended family. The best episode was the one where the ignored and under-appreciated daughter played by Renee Olstead imagines herself on a nightclub stage bashing out a blues tune -- and does a fantastic job because she is a singer in real life -- and then gets completely ignored by the rest of the family ... again! Under-rated. Fun.

reynosa99 I know some of you think that this show is just another dumb sitcom and the writing is juvenile and sophomoric. Well what did you expect geenius?.I mean they do have 3 kids on the show and 1 of them IS in the 10th grade. DUH! But some of you have even gone so far as to compare the show to Roseanne and Everybody Likes Raymond. What are you, on drugs? That's like comparing Laverne & Shirley to Lonesome Dove! I would have to say its more similar to a dysfunctional Family Ties, with the 60's mom & dad replaced with an 80's model. Now some of you folks have even complained about Mark Addy's English accent. Now your just pissin' me off. That's like complaining that Judy's dress is too tight and lowcut. To quote Bill "Son, sometimes you gotta go after that hot slut a little harder then your regular girl,and that hot slut was your mom and I did or you kids would be a whole lot uglier than you are today"

gianninawedde This show is not funny. I have no idea why some viewers compare this dull show to all time classics like Roseanne or King of Queens that had such intelligent humour in it. Still standing is a sleeping pill. The stories are lame, the characters are people i do not enjoy looking at and the humour is neither sophisticated nor pithy, it is simply poor. I don't know if there is a special American humour to it that i don't get as a German but i certainly need more than what this show offers to feel entertained. If I had to compare this show to comparable formats I would say it is quite similar to Jim Belushis show (which is quite lame too).

lemonhead135 I had no idea this show even existed until about 4 months ago. I happened to stumble across it, and couldn't believe how awesome it is! My boyfriend and I watch it together all the time and joke around about how we will be Bill and Judy and get to be mean to our kids when we get older! I tell all my friends about it and they agree. Plus I think that Tina is a great character....I love how she messes with everyone and she totally flies under the radar. I don't know who first started airing this show, but I feel it should definitely get more publicity because I think they are more like a regular family, as opposed to all these "perfect" families on TV when we all know that everyone families are dysfunctional!