You won't be disappointed!

Very disappointing...

Sadly Over-hyped

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I haven't written an IMDB review in years but this show forced me out of retirement. It's so bad it makes me angry and I have to do something to shower off its dirt. What we have here is the worst cast and writing of any show I can remember. (And I've seen Small Wonder.) Here's the plot of every episode: The Mother (sometimes the father) does something horrendous to one or more of the kids. Fifteen minutes of horrible acting and writing go by, and then the kids realize that the parent is a wonderful person and deserves forgiveness. THAT'S IT! 120 episodes of the same plot! Now I'll get to the horrible acting in ascending order, from least despicable to most nauseating. 1) The daughter. She's a normal person. She looks at the other family members with horror and disgust. I like that. Gives me someone to relate to. 2) George Segal. You know something's wrong with a show when George Segal's one of the most likable people on it. 3) Now here's where we start to gag. The youngest kid. Wide eyed. Mouth always open and smiling. Often called "Schmoopie". Starts every show doing something stupid and ends each one learning a lesson, all the while narrating the episode in his whiny little voice. (Sound familiar? I'll get to that later). 4) The father. Mr. Underpants. (Did anyone's father really take off his pants and sit in the living room as soon as he got home? If so, I'm very sorry.) He hates everyone. Especially his kids. He spends the majority of each episode delivering his lines with a mouth full of drool. I keep wanting to put a cup under his chin to catch the overspill. Ends each episode learning that he doesn't really hate his family. Until the next episode. 5) Okay. Here's where the jaw droppingly bad acting really is. The older son. Every screamed line is spoken with his eyes wide, his eyebrows raised, and his mouth wide open. He inexplicably thinks he's a rapper, even though the show takes place before rap became popular. What could have made this show even more foul? Yep. Rap and Hip Hop music. This "actor" has the most punchable face ever to disgrace the small screen. He would have been the worst thing ever to hit television if it weren't for... 6) THE MOTHER. Holy crap. I guess she's supposed to be a stereotype of a Jewish mother. But one from Hell (even though they don't believe in Hell. But if they did she would rise from it during every episode.) She defends her stupid kids to the death, taking on any rational person who has the nerve to point out that her offspring, who she "baked in her tummy" (Vomit. Puke. Gag. Dry Heave) aren't God's gifts to the world. You've all heard of an oedipal complex, right? Well, the opposite is called a Jocasta complex, where the mother wants to have sex with her son. That's what we have here. She loves her Schmoopie, and his underpants, and his little face, and she actually tries to keep his girlfriend away from him so she can have him all to herself. Whatever happened to Television Standards and Practices? If this wasn't a "comedy" she'd be in jail. Or on Dr. Phil being booed by the audience. And, of course, every episode starts off with her doing something horrendous to one or more members of her family and ends with everybody forgiving her because she's such a good mother. This show should only be watched in a vomitorium. So here's the kicker. It's a ripoff of the excellent Wonder Years, without the humor, acting, heart, talent, and soul, and replacing the great 60's soundtrack of that show with hip hop and rap. Mother? Check. Father? Check. Daughter? Check. Older brother? Check. Younger brother narrating the show from sometime in the future? Check. Somebody walked into ABC and said, "You know what would be a good idea? A Jewish rip-off of The Wonder Years!!!" And the executive said, "Great!!!". That executive should be shot. Well, I was hoping this review would purge me of some of my anger but it didn't. I have to go regurgitate. Excuse me.

Gawd . . . this show is awful!There is no "dialog" . . . it's just carefully crafted lines (from every character) spliced together. There is no breathing room.It reminds me of a cartoon with actors instead of animation.Sorry, but my intelligence is insulted by this extremely popular (apparently) atrocity.

I had been waiting to watch this show for such a long time, and I finally got the chance to watch it when my family got Hulu. I was so excited to watch it because it was a show centered in the 80s and it is really popular. But I have to admit when I saw the first episode, I was really disappointed. I really didn't like it. I didn't laugh once and I wasn't really feeling the show. I watched some more episodes to give it a try, and I'm glad I did, because the show really started to grow on me. It started getting better. I started to like it and some episodes made me laugh a lot!I like that the show is based on the show's creator, Adam F. Goldberg's family. They always show clips of real camera footage of his family at the end of episodes. I think that's cool. You gotta love how they are always spoofing 80s movies and TV shows. They make you feel the 80s culture. I know that sometimes they can take it to the extreme and rely on it too much, but it's still funny and cool.I can't stand certain characters on this show. I don't like the main character Adam's older siblings, Erica and Barry. The way they talk to their parents is awful! They're always acting like entitled brats. That's why I like the character of Adam, he isn't nearly as bad as them and doesn't act like a brat all the time. I also like the grandpa. The parents also have their faults, the mom is very controlling and clingy, and the dad just wants to sit around and watch TV and be lazy. I find it hard to sympathize with any of the characters when something bad happens to them because they're all just kind of mean to each other all the time. It's hard to feel sorry for people that always yell and get angry when things don't go their way. I guess the only people I feel bad for on the show is Adam and Pops. I like their characters. I also like that Geoff dude. But everyone else is BLEHHHH. This show has plenty of flaws, but it's so funny sometimes that it's hard for me not to watch it

The Goldbergs is one of the best series I've ever seen. It is very funny but also full of beautiful and sincere moments from the everyday life of a loving family. It reminds me of my family, and although it has made me laugh every time, some episodes endings have also brought tears in my eyes for how well they captured family life with it's good and not so good parts, but most of all full of love and understanding. Well done to all the people that contribute to making this show this great! And don't ever end it, please!