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Elfman establishes herself as one of the major female comic presences on television.
60
Simultaneously sexy and relatable, Elfman wins us over with a convincing performance that shows vulnerability just beneath a placid surface.
60
The acting talent here is marginal compared to the sitcom it replaces, "Out of Practice" (returning later in the season), but I found "Courting Alex" more enjoyable.
50
The cast is a fine one. The chemistry works between Elfman and Randall. The weakness of "Alex's" premiere -- and not future episodes, I hope -- is the overwrought script.
50
An inoffensive but not particularly distinguished half-hour.
50
"Courting Alex" is courting disaster by the way it plays against Elfman's, and Coleman's, strengths.
50
Neither a disaster nor a triumph.
42
[A] limp sitcom. [27 Jan 2006, p.77]
40
Jenna Elfman really has to put a bag over it--her notorious “cute,” I mean.
40
She's not bad, just flat; not annoying, just weak.
