#1 Happy Family USA is chaotic and weird and often very gross, but it’s also deeply thoughtful in ways that sneak up on you. It’s the kind of show that somehow earns its scatological jokes by anchoring them in something real.

| May 2, 2025

#1 Happy Family USA is a funny and insightful kid’s eye view of growing up in a society that forces you to choose between constantly code-switching to appease bigots and being openly hated for who you are.

| May 1, 2025

This satirical series comedically explores a different perspective to a public tragedy. #1 Happy Family USA is fast-paced, funny, bold, and poignant.

| Apr 30, 2025

#1 Happy Family USA is extremely funny, even if you don’t get every joke. It is a Saturday afternoon adult cartoon binge you will be surprised how much you needed.

| Apr 29, 2025

I wish there had been more episodes to explore these wide-ranging issues in more depth, but the series covers a lot of ground in just eight episodes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2025

#1 Happy Family USA pushes further tonally and thematically, ignoring boundaries of appropriateness — and even good taste — to try to understand the noxious, bizarre national tenor of the early aughts.

| Apr 25, 2025

[Mona Chalabi] finds fresh humour in the details – her busy animations worthy of freeze-framing just to savour every gag hidden in plain sight.

| Apr 24, 2025

There’s a lot of laughter during a painful time, and Youssef’s #1 Happy Family USA does a great job portraying today’s immigration crisis and Trump’s racist policies that target American-Arab people.

| Apr 23, 2025

Even at its most haram, #1 Happy Family USA proves a ride of halal proportions.

| Apr 23, 2025

#1 Happy Family USA is a bit uneven in the comedy department, but we’ll forgive that because whatever humor that comes out of the Hussein family’s attempts to blend into American society should be funnier than just one-off gags.

| Apr 21, 2025

Funny and sad, exaggerated and honest, Youssef and Brady’s series offers escape and catharsis, all at the same time.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 18, 2025

#1 Happy Family USA is rough around the edges, but love it or not, it’s a rare occasion where an adult animation has swung for the offensive fences with a message larger than shock value.

| Apr 18, 2025

Between the talking sheep, the ghostly apparitions, dream sequences and mosque-based musical numbers, #1 Happy Family USA can make for bewildering viewing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 17, 2025

When it hits the bullseye, it is something special. This certainly isn’t America’s happiest family, but there’s a lot of laughter mixed in with the pain.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 17, 2025

#1 Happy Family USA has moments of poignance and humor... But over eight episodes, it never quite lands on a consistent balance of the two, nor a sense of what it wants to be.

| Apr 17, 2025

It isn’t consistent, but it’s structured in a way so that much of its audience will be instantly alienated and the rest will be able to enjoy a show that settles into its voice as it goes along.

| Apr 17, 2025

You can feel the liberation of redirecting the target to the American aggressors after years of Bush-era adult animated shows targeting their community through the biting satirical wit.

| Apr 16, 2025

It encourages viewers to find humor and humanity in outlandish scenarios stemming from what was a dark period for many American families.

| Apr 15, 2025

#1 Happy Family USA does not let anyone off the hook for their racist attitudes. The satire is effective and helps dig into the cultural moments in one of the most shocking moments in global history.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 15, 2025

Before I started #1 Happy Family USA, I was afraid it would indulge in harmful stereotypes and shock value for its humor; a fear that was quickly dissuaded by its deeply human characters and terrifyingly authentic atmosphere.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Apr 15, 2025