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"It
is unaccountably funny."
--The New York Times |
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"Malcolm
is the season’s midyear savior."
--The L.A. Times |
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"A
superior sitcom!"
--Details Magazine |
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"Four
stars."
--The Daily News
--The Star-Tribune |
Malcolm in
the Middle
is the story
of a middle-class family comprised of four squabbling brothers
and their parents, who are just trying to "hold on until the last
one turns eighteen."
Created and
executive produced by Linwood Boomer (3rd Rock From The Sun),
this inventive family comedy is seen through the eyes of Malcolm,
a normal kid who is perfectly content skateboarding, roughhousing
with his brothers and avoiding the school bully. He has even managed
to accept--okay, ignore--his parents' penchant for running around
the house in the nude. But Malcolm's world is suddenly turned upside
down when it's discovered he has a genius IQ. He is forced into
the "gifted" class, where he finds himself surrounded by a group
of exceptionally bright social misfits.
Hal (Bryan
Cranston) and Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) don't have the best-kept lawn,
the cleanest house or the most refined children on the block. But
despite being overwhelmed by the daily chaos, at the end of the
day Malcolm and his brothers know they are loved. Malcolm's oldest--and
favorite--brother is Francis (Christopher Kennedy Masterson), who
has been sent away to military camp as a disciplinary measure. With
Francis gone, Malcolm is left in the middle between the next oldest
sibling, Reese (Justin Berfield)--a kid whose fists "work exactly
twice as fast as his brain"--and Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan), the
youngest, who is "trapped somewhere
between toddler and hamster."
With his endearing
yet cynical wit, Malcolm navigates his way through the sometimes
treacherous, always entertaining waters of childhood. But as he
says, "The best thing about childhood is--at some point it stops."
Malcolm
in the Middle is a Regency Television production. David Richardson
and Al Higgins serve as co-executive producers. Todd Holland serves
as co-executive producer/director.
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