The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This was such a great and original idea for a show. Finally a TV sitcom that could demonstrate to the world that people with medical problems and disabilities are just regular people with regular day-to-day challenges - who can still be annoying and also laugh at themselves and laugh at life. And who better to do it than the highly talented, endearing, funny and affable Michael J. Fox - who can show the world what it's like to live with Parkinson's? Sounds like the formula for a television classic - and then came the script and the rest of the cast.The scripts are generally unfunny and half-baked. The TV family are all cardboard cut-outs from other family sitcoms. The "kooky" aunt (MJF's television sister) is straight out of Jan Brady's kooky cosmic aunt Jenny (played by Imogene Coca) on the Brady Bunch. Some of the episodes also seem to have been done before on other shows - one episode, where the son comes home with "an older woman", is straight out of Family Ties - except this time Michael J. Fox plays the father. Another episode, where MJF bumps into his Back to the Future Costar Christopher Lloyd and exchanges knowing glances with him, comes out of Spin City.Michael J Fox is still great in this - others have commented on being distracted by his PD - I loved the fact that he was prepared to show the world what it was like - all credit to him. Unfortunately the rest of the cast is wooden and cliché – none of them seem to work and none of them ever hit their mark.The biggest disappointment, however, is the script. It should have focused more on the living with Parkinson's and less on the phony, "seen-it-all-before" situations and clichéd, cartoon-character family. Recently I read a book called "Far Away Cows - A Book About Cows, Engineers and Research into Parkinson's Disease" - this was a real story which was able to cover the subject of illness with pathos, clever humor and witty observations. That's something this show wasn't able to achieve - and that's a shame because it deserved to succeed, and Michael J. Fox deserved to get this important message out. Let's hope someone can come up with a Version 2.0 of the concept that can score a real goal.

I have always been a Michael J. Fox fan - loved him even on The Good Wife - however - this show really sucks. Mike is awful in this role and the other characters are all highly forgettable.... As I tried watching the second show, I found that I had completely dismissed whatever happened on the first show. And I don't even see an attempt at any real continuity on the part of the script context. Am I missing something? If I am missing something, it is no great loss because I definitely do not plan on continuing to watch the show. Sean Saves the World is also mediocre, but not as completely boring as Mike's show. Too bad, a better script for Mike and better supporting characters might have done something for NBC - but it's not happening !!

This show charmed me within the first two episodes! As someone with a parent who has Parkinson's Disease (my father- who was diagnosed early in life like Michael J. Fox), I was leery about the show in general. Would it be awkward? In poor taste? Just not funny? Well in my opinion it is candid, in good taste, and very funny! I have enjoyed the first four episodes and want to watch all of them as they come along. I really hope that the show airs for more than one season. Michael himself is spot on in his acting (as usual) and so is the rest of his "family" the Henrys. As you watch the show you feel sympathy for Michael but you don't feel bad for Michael. He has his supportive wife and three crazy kids (and a crazy sister-in-law to boot) to keep him busy and full of life. This is in general a family-friendly show, although it certainly has some adult humor to spice things up. I would recommend this show to any of my friends or family members.

"The Michael J. Fox Show" is about Mike Henry, his down-to-earth wife, their diverse kids, and their modern progressive aunt—is about fully functional family—and Mike Henry's career as a newscaster and above all, in the most good spirits, the Parkinson's disease, which inspired it.A Full Life, in Spite Of Obviously, the newscast things is really sticking out. It really influences the dynamic of the sitcom—the family. The show is full of it—everybody in the New York knows him or as Mike thought. I always love that as the source of my laugh; and where those laughs will be going; get better.You won't want to miss out the excitement of the first episode where it introduces the characters. I'm very sure this show will has its moments, you and I could see it; Michael J. Fox just saving it for later.