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Edna Gundersen of USA Today gave it a 3 out of 4 stars and wrote that Eminem is "as good as he gets but in the end inflicts more damage on himself, hoisting The Eminem Show to a level of self-absorption rivaled only by Woody Allen". of Pitchfork gave it a 9.1 out of 10 Kris Ex of Rolling Stone gave it a 4 out of 5 stars. Neva Chonin of Houston Chronicle gave the album a 4 out of 5 stars.Īlex Needham of NME gave it a 9 out of 10, hailing The Eminem Show as a "fantastic third album that "is bigger, bolder and far more consistent than its predecessors". Robert Christgau of Christgau's Consumer Guide gave it an A- and David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave it a 4 out of 5 stars, saying it "proves Eminem is the gold standard in pop music in 2002, delivering stylish, catchy, dense, funny, political music that rarely panders". On Metacritic, the record has a score of 75 out of 100 based on 20 reviews. The Eminem Show was well received by music critics.