Metacritic TV

American Body Shop

SERIES: Comedy Central, Sunday 10:30p (30 minutes)

Starring Peter Hulne, John DiResta, Tim Nichols, Frank Merino, and Jill Bartlett

Created by Sam Greene

Genre(s): Comedy

FIRST AIR DATE: July 8, 2007

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

29 / 100

Critic Reviews

70 Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
Here we have another of those twisted, hit-and-miss, 10 o'clock-hour romps from Comedy Central that travel boldly and unapologetically over the top.
30 The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
Most of the time it doesn’t trust its own premise; the mechanics at this body shop rarely do any real work, instead spending too much time on toilet humor and immigrant jokes.
25 Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
I've laughed more at my own ex-mechanic, who rode a bicycle to his shop because he racked up too many DUIs.
20 Variety Brian Lowry
So while you might chuckle guiltily at the sight of a Peruvian worker (Frank Merino) being strapped underneath a car to conduct an "undercarriage road test," after that, there are precious few laughs to interrupt the ride.
0 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
There's nothing clever or original in American Body Shop, a disappointing waste of time and squandering of Comedy Central's resources.

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