Critic Reviews

It plays as fresh and funny as anything on TV. [5 Jan 2000]

The funniest comedy since The Simpsons. [9 Jan 2000]

The wittiest, smartest, sharpest-written, most original comedy of the season.

But at the true core of this strange and wonderful series - wackiness notwithstanding - are the often strange and, ideally, wonderful relationships among members of a family. [7 Jan 2000]

There are times when you wish the jokes in this series were a little funnier, but right now its unique situations — there's comedy gold being mined from Malcolm's gifted-child class of awkward brainiacs — make it distinctive.

You'll laugh so often that you may not notice the blessed absence of a laugh track.

A wonderful comedy that twists the family sitcom genre to a screwball turn. [6 Jan 2000]

"Malcolm" is an instantly likable series, as it takes conventional TV-family material and gives it a good old-fashioned goose. [7 Jan 2000]

So funny that you might not notice it doesn't have a laugh track. [8 Jan 2000]

Innovative camera work and occasional sound effects throughout add distinctive elements to the series. [9 Jan 2000]