It was panned by critics, who called it unoriginal and unfunny. The film received negative reviews, with critics deeming it unfunny and unoriginal. Many dad jokes may be considered anti-jokes, deriving humor from an intentionally unfunny punchline. But it's boring, unfunny and utterly ridiculous. He criticized the amount of unfunny jokes while he praised the surreal moments. Its only win was for Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy. The critical consensus reads&colon; "Thoroughly witless and thuddingly unfunny, "Stop! However, the film won the awards for Worst Screenplay and Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy. However, another considers it "painfully unfunny". Its only win was a tie with "" for Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy. Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. The show immediately gained a reputation as a poorly written, unfunny sitcom. Joe Leydon of "Variety" called it a "stillborn spoof" and "desperately unfunny". However, the film had a poor reception, described as "appallingly unfunny". He also considered cancelling the sitcom "Blackadder", judging the first series to be unfunny.