Fantastic!

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

I just saw the last episode and I miss it terribally. Didn't expect I'd like this underrated tv show so much. This family is crazy and you can't help falling in love with all the nut jobs in it.

It's the misadventures of the Heck family in the small town of Orson in the flyover state of Indiana. Frankie (Patricia Heaton) does everything to make ends meet. Strong silent type Mike (Neil Flynn) is the supervisor at the quarry. The oldest child Axl (Charlie McDermott) is self-possessed to a fault. Middle child Sue (Eden Sher) is unflinchingly positive despite constant bumblings. Brick (Atticus Shaffer) exists on the spectrum.I like this family. I really like this family. I've seen only a few episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond. It's obvious that Heaton personifies the mother character. The cast is all great. The calling card of this show is a middle class nobility to middle America as it struggles with the world. It's not political other than the flyover premise. Its longevity is self-evident of quality work. This is a nice network sitcom. Its only misstep is probably Chris Kattan and they dropped him after 3 and a bit seasons. He was never more than a side character. This is a good solid sitcom with a long network run.

The show need more spiritual successor completes following the Fresh off Boat or Dr. Ken which need to be fix in mix dysfunctional or classic family tv land. Goldberg might showing more dysfunctional families which is one the favorite show of all time.

The first couple of seasons were about a dysfunctional family struggling to make ends meet. Heaton was Heaton but it was watchable. I fear Heaton got more and more control as the show went on and she just let her idiot flag fly high. This show was mildly amusing early on but by the end it was nothing more than a celebration of stupidity and self-obsession.