The show does manage to find some humor in the battle between Joel's young teen body and his adult mind. But it doesn't take long for the fix-my-life device to become ponderous, or for the time-travel jokes to ring false. [19 Sept 2002]

The problem with Do Over is that the series hasn't exactly found any great ideas to run with. Instead, we get the same familiar topics you could probably come up with in five minutes yourself while ironing.