Artivels Undescribable Perfection

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

OllieSuave-007 I only watched a few episodes of this show, but this series didn't last long anyhow. It involves the life of main character Tucker, whose parents are divorced. Therefore, he is forced to move into his Aunt Claire's house, with her pilot husband Jimmy and strange cousin Leon. Things take a turn when Tucker meets neighbor McKenna, whom he wants to date. But, he has to compete with her boyfriend played by actor Seth Green.There are some funny moments in the show, but lacks a compelling story. There are several crude jokes that make you wonder if this should be a family-oriented sitcom, especially starring a 14 year-old lead.This show was canceled after only one season, and I don't recall if it even lasted for the entire first season run. But, I didn't care for this show too much. If you're a fan of slapstick and teenage flicks, give it a try but, overall, I think the sitcoms made in the late 1990s and on lack originality, real humor, class and a compelling story.Grade D

Bolesroor "That 'Malcom' show on FOX is really making a killing... can't we do our own version?" I speculate and paraphrase, of course, but in our hearts we all know this was how NBC came up with the idea for "Tucker," and that the only thing they added to the 'Malcom' metric was sex. And, boy, did they add sex...Tucker gets a boner and covers it up with his skateboard. Tucker accidentally walks in on his Aunt in the shower and she accuses him of watching her and masturbating. Tucker spies on the preteen girl across the street, and although he wants to see her topless she teases him by smiling and closing her bedroom window. This is all in the pilot. And Tucker is thirteen.Take it from a grown man- a boy's puberty is so sex-crazy and testicle-driven it is impossible to make it funny for a mainstream audience. The only times anyone has ever come close has been in movies, and you can count those on one hand. So it's no surprise that "Tucker" has the warmth and appeal of a strip-club bathroom. Did the network actually think we would like watching testosterone-drunk teenage boy grapple with puberty? Isn't this the stuff people go to jail for? If you doubt the show's depravity consider this: 13 episodes were filmed but NBC canceled it after only 4 episodes aired; they then made the unprecedented move of "burning off" the remaining episodes by airing them AT MIDNIGHT so no children could see them. Ironic since kids were originally the target audience. Apart from its general scuzziness Tucker features a running voice-over from the lead character to flesh out the shoddy writing. Even in 2000 the show was horribly dated, with it's ska incidental music and super-smarmy sarcasm. I couldn't like any of the characters enough to laugh at the jokes and the jokes didn't exactly come a mile-a-minute... Shame on NBC for this dirty rip-off... they're better than that.GRADE: C-

ministry_of_skank I love the show. Seth Green and Eli Marienthal are both so hot! There scenes together are so funny! I love the episode Big Putts. I think that Andrew Lawrence does his best peformance yet. I am sad though that is only 12 episodes. They could have done really well if they did more.

TelevisionJunkie What were they thinking? I was excited when I learned Katey Sagal would be returning to sitcoms in NBC's "Tucker," but I was horribly disappointed when I finally saw what had happened. First of all, NBC stuck it on what I refer to as "Must-Kill-TV" night. This was paired with the funny tried-and-true-traditional-sitcom "Daddio," (which NBC went out of their way to 86) and the Oliver Platt Drama "Deadline," all of which had nothing in common. And not only did "Tucker"'s makers blatantly rip-off FOX's "Malcolm in the Middle," but they made it far too horny and unlikable. This is one of the few shows that didn't have a single character that you could be sympathetic to, particularly the obnoxious title character. The acting was good, but when all of the characters are evil and obnoxious, what's the point? After three episodes I wasn't at all sorry to see this one go!