The Malcolm in the Middle reboot is a misfire that lacks the one thing that made it magic

A long-time and die-hard fan of the Noughties madcap sitcom, Annabel Nugent was disappointed but unsurprised to discover that the reboot can’t live up to the bizarre charisma of its original


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