2.28.2005
TV Review: Robot Chicken
The new stop-motion animated comedy from Buffy alum Seth Green redefines the term 'mixed reviews'
Robot Chicken
Created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich
Cartoon Network Sundays at 11:30 P.M.
Consensus Score: 64 [okay] (10 Reviews)
2b Online: 100
“You need to watch Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune: 100
“Robot Chicken is wickedly funny and addictive.”
Eclipse Magazine: 83
“Finally, the best thing about Robot Chicken is that [Seth] Green and [Matthew] Senreich give their audience credit for having the intelligence and wit to pick up on even the most subliminal gag.”
Animation Insider: 75
“Overall, Robot Chicken is a funny program, but risks falling into monotony due to the naturally opposing issues of its medium.”
Chicago Sun-Times: 75
“Sometimes, indeed, you want heart. Sometimes you want something else.
Robot Chicken is something else.”
New York Post: 75
“...the show rips mostly Gen-X icons to ribbons.”
Stuff Magazine: 75
“...there is nothing on television like Robot Chicken.”
IGN: 60
“Worthy of a chuckle or two, we'll have to see if Robot Chicken can maintain its spot in the Adult Swim pecking order.”
Hollywood Reporter: 0
“Maybe the theory is that if you throw enough high-energy concepts into the mix, something will stick. But that idea doesn't pan out here.”
Toon Zone: 0
“If you're not staring at your TV dumbly by the end of the program, then congratulations, you're easily amused!”
Robot Chicken
Created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich
Cartoon Network Sundays at 11:30 P.M.
Consensus Score: 64 [okay] (10 Reviews)
2b Online: 100
“You need to watch Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune: 100
“Robot Chicken is wickedly funny and addictive.”
Eclipse Magazine: 83
“Finally, the best thing about Robot Chicken is that [Seth] Green and [Matthew] Senreich give their audience credit for having the intelligence and wit to pick up on even the most subliminal gag.”
Animation Insider: 75
“Overall, Robot Chicken is a funny program, but risks falling into monotony due to the naturally opposing issues of its medium.”
Chicago Sun-Times: 75
“Sometimes, indeed, you want heart. Sometimes you want something else.
Robot Chicken is something else.”
New York Post: 75
“...the show rips mostly Gen-X icons to ribbons.”
Stuff Magazine: 75
“...there is nothing on television like Robot Chicken.”
IGN: 60
“Worthy of a chuckle or two, we'll have to see if Robot Chicken can maintain its spot in the Adult Swim pecking order.”
Hollywood Reporter: 0
“Maybe the theory is that if you throw enough high-energy concepts into the mix, something will stick. But that idea doesn't pan out here.”
Toon Zone: 0
“If you're not staring at your TV dumbly by the end of the program, then congratulations, you're easily amused!”
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