--- title: "Angie Tribeca: the reviews" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca/reviews" title_page: "https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca" critics_score: 64 critics_reviews: 8 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Angie Tribeca (2016): what the critics said Critics' score 64 from 8 reviews: 4 positive, 2 mixed, 2 negative. Most critics are warm, if not unanimously so, about this straight-faced spoof of police procedurals. The praise clusters on the commitment of the thing: a cartoonish, relentless mockery of cop-show clichés played entirely straight, and on Rashida Jones, whose deadpan lead most reviews single out. Several of the stronger notices come from critics who stayed into the second season, where they find the serialised plotting and the ensemble, Heather Graham included, give the gags somewhere to go. The reservations are about thinness. The two negative reviews, from Variety and Vulture, find the jokes well worn and the sight gags too lightweight to add up to anything, and Radio Times predicts it will split comedy fans down the middle. The spread is wide, from the low thirties to the nineties, and it falls along a clear line: the critics who enjoy sight-gag comedy are delighted, and those who do not see no reason to stay. ## IndieWire — Ben Travers Rating A-. 26 January 2016. Travers gives the series a strong review, praising its committed, cartoonish parody of cop-show clichés. He especially singles out the carefully crafted jokes and memorable guest-star moments, while wondering how long the relentless pace can last. [Read the review](https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/review-angie-tribeca-is-surely-best-when-binged-but-shirley-youll-laugh-no-matter-what-30546/) ## The AV Club — LaToya Ferguson Fi1m's normalised score 80/100 (inferred from the text). 21 June 2016. Ferguson finds the season’s shift toward serialized storytelling surprisingly successful and says the show makes a strong case for viewers to keep watching. She particularly praises its detailed genre parody and Heather Graham’s comic portrayal of the seemingly perfect Diane Duran. [Read the review](https://www.avclub.com/angie-tribeca-proves-that-some-women-can-have-it-all-1798188244) ## The Hollywood Reporter — Tim Goodman Fi1m's normalised score 65/100 (inferred from the text). 15 January 2016. Goodman finds the series silly and enjoyable when viewers are in the right mood, though its uneven jokes will not work for everyone. He especially praises Rashida Jones for committing fully to the straight-faced performance. [Read the review](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/angie-tribeca-tv-review-856348/) ## Radio Times — Ellie Walker-Arnott Fi1m's normalised score 50/100 (inferred from the text). 28 April 2016. Walker-Arnott says the surreal series will divide comedy fans. She singles out its cartoonish, relentless mockery of police procedurals. [Read the review](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/silly-star-studded-cop-spoof-angie-tribeca-will-divide-comedy-fans/) ## Variety — Brian Lowry Fi1m's normalised score 35/100 (inferred from the text). 13 January 2016. Lowry finds the spoof energetic at first but ultimately too thin and overfamiliar to reach its comic potential. He praises Rashida Jones and Hayes MacArthur for getting mileage from their interrupted almost-kisses, while finding the jokes well worn. [Read the review](https://variety.com/2016/tv/reviews/angie-tribeca-review-rashida-jones-steve-carell-tbs-1201671706/) ## Vulture — Margaret Lyons Fi1m's normalised score 35/100 (inferred from the text). 15 January 2016. Lyons finds the series lightweight and its humor intensely divisive, though viewers who enjoy sight-gag comedy may love it. She praises a classroom gag as the pilot’s best scene, but complains that the jokes never cohere into a meaningful whole. [Read the review](https://www.vulture.com/2016/01/angie-tribeca-humor-is-subjective.html) ## Den of Geek — Daniel Kurland Fi1m's normalised score 90/100 (inferred from the text). 6 June 2016. Kurland says the second season improves on the first and delivers a consistently hilarious, more fully realized show. He especially praises its ensemble cast and the way serialized plotting ties the individual episodes into a satisfying larger mystery. [Read the review](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/angie-tribeca-season-2-review-spoiler-free/) ## Paste — Keri Lumm Rating 8.2/10. 26 January 2016. Lumm gives the pilot a positive verdict, saying it turns the slapstick cop-show idea into something zanier. She praises the casting of Rashida Jones as the star. [Read the review](https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/angie-tribecamp4) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md