According to Jim

2001

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6.5| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children. It originally ran on ABC from October 1, 2001 to June 2, 2009.

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Diagonaldi Very well executed
SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Wexor I really don't get all the hate. What kind of sitcom did you expect?. Most of the sitcoms in the 80,90's and early 00's had this kind of script. Many is against the fact that it's a fat husband and a beautiful wife (as usual) and she sticks to his side whatever he is up to. This was the case in the King of Queens as well, and that show got raised to the skies for being one of a kind and such a excellent show. But it's pretty much the same handling..An average fat American man, married to a beautiful American wife living in an average American house in the suburbs to a major city. They have some kids. A close friend, siblings or other persons that appears occasionally to provide more "action", and the husband makes all the wrong and bad things together with the friend, and the wife always forgives him. Just as in any sitcom pretty much. ATJ is a somewhat funny show, and a good laughter is always nice
O2D Now don't get me wrong, John Belushi wasn't funny either but at least he earned his fame.But we live in a world where people will accept a sibling of a celebrity and invite them into their homes for no reason other than who they are related to.This terrible show used every bad sitcom cliché they could find.Of course they use the "Idiot and Wife"(he's kinda fat and she's kinda hot) cliché that CBS perfected in the 90s.They also rehashed the old trick of never being funny, something I will never understand.Every story is about the husband being an idiot and the wife being insufferable.Since that wasn't unoriginal enough they decided to have the wife's sister always be there.Never saw that before.The most interesting thing about the show is that they have some gay guy hanging around all the time and he always pretends to like women.Like some weird 70s sitcom where we have to act like gay people don't exist.The only original thing about this mess is that they chose to have extremely creepy children.A tactic that was quickly imitated on that horrible show with the janitor from Scrubs(another horrible show).Unless you like to be bored and angry, never watch this show.
horrorflicklover Of the people I know who don't like this show, it pretty much boils down to them not liking Jim Belushi. That, he was only famous for being John's brother. Well, I don't know or care of how true or false that might be. John Belushi died two years before I was even born, so I owe him no loyalty. Lol.On a more serious note, this show made me laugh. Plain and simple. It didn't necessarily break any new grounds, or pursue any new formula. It just managed to be funny. Yes, Jim's character is a slob, a jerk, an insecure ass**** who needs reassurance. That is what drives a lot of the story lines, and I'm fine with that. But In typical sitcom fashion, he "learns a valuable lesson" in these said story lines to make him more manageable. Courtney Thorne-Smith plays his "long suffering" wife trying to cope with his antics. Yes, we've seen it before. But it was FUNNY. Kim Williams-Paisley plays Jim's SMOKING HOT sister-in-law, and of course those two are largely at odds with each other throughout the series run. But they also show true caring and affection for each other when the time comes. And Larry Joe Campbell plays Jim's best friend and brother-in-law, Andy. He plays the butt of many jokes regarding his luck with women, or for that matter life in general. I have no complaints, all of the main characters appeal to me just fine.One of my favorite story arcs is where Jim is distraught over something regarding his infant son. For instance, his wife allowing him to wear a dress for Halloween. Or his wife buying him a Green Bay Packers football, despite Jim being a HUGE Chicago Bears fan (arch-rivals of the Packers), and hoping to pass that on to his son (like most parents do). This brings in a fantasy segment in which Jim speaks to a teen aged/young adult version of his son regarding the topic at hand. Yes, Jim may be a pompous jerk, an ass-hat, but he doesn't wrap the show up in "his" own viewpoints. There's still a moral, and still a concession made by such an opinionated man.Really though, if you catch this one on TV, watch it. I don't see how Jim Belushi's character on this show is any harder to deal with then Doug Heffernan on King of Queens (who at first, I couldn't stand). It's got laughs, it's got solid plots (even if some aren't the most original), it's got a good time.
jkd15-1 This sitcom is barely watchable. I have tried many times to watch this show with little success.Its just not that good.I like Belushi a lot. He is a likable character but this sitcom is already done a couple dozen times and its not a good rendition at that.Belushi's character is just not right for the show.Actually I like the other male character better.I think Belushi would do better cast in a cop show.He seems so out of place. The show ends up being choppy.How many times have we seen the same family plots over and over again.If nothing else were on and I was watching a 12 station TV I would watch it.