A single dad is trying to bring up his unruly sons on his own, as well as work as a fireman with his brother Jimmy, after their mother ran off 10 years before.
[Keith] Carradine brings just the right bemused detachment to the role, economically creating a gruff, caring guy who in many ways is just an overgrown kid himself.
Watching "Complete Savages" in all its idiotic glory is like watching a family of self-esteem-starved, ego- needy actors put on a play for their neighbors.
The opener offers a few laughs, as Dad refuses to hire a new housekeeper and the boys become bigger slobs than usual. But it won't be long before this show desperately needs a civilizing female presence.
Complete Savages is a standard TGIF show played broadly by a band of merry pranksters. The new sitcoms this season are so pitiful that standard could be considered a high compliment.
