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Positive:
27
Mixed:
8
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Critic Reviews
RogerEbert.comNov 20, 2025
Season 2 Review:
The second season of “A Man on the Inside” represents another triumph from series creator Michael Schur. .... This is low-key, endearing, stress-free viewing at its best. The quiet humor is soothing, and the moments that have your eyes glistening are well-earned and artfully executed.
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Nov 21, 2024
Nov 21, 2024
Season 1 Review:
While it isn’t as rich and strange as “The Good Place,” “A Man on the Inside” is nevertheless a pleasure on most every level, and, as before, Schur wants more than just to make you laugh. To the extent that it’s sentimental, it’s also clear-eyed, genuine and conceptually rigorous.
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Nov 20, 2024
Season 1 Review:
With Schur as the primary guiding force behind the scenes and the 76-year-old Danson as adept as ever at handling light comedy and poignant dramatic beats, “A Man on the Inside” is one of the best new comedies of 2024. If you’re into warmhearted yet sharply delivered shows such as “Ted Lasso” and “Shrinking,” this is right up your alley.
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Nov 22, 2024
Season 1 Review:
“A Man on the Inside” is not a slapstick snort-fest in the mold of so many movies headlined by elderly stars misbehaving, thank goodness. Earnest and genuine in its storytelling, it's populated with fully realized characters who only somewhat adhere to Schur’s closet of personality types
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The Daily BeastNov 21, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The show manages to keep its keen, funny edge while expressing an often moving openness to certain sentiments and fears, not only of growing old, but of becoming useless, of living out your final years or decades without purpose, while—worst-case scenario—your mind slowly fades.
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Nov 21, 2024
Season 1 Review:
If streaming shows can suffer from an overreliance on twists, desperate to propel viewers toward the Next Episode button rather than risk any hint of closure, A Man on the Inside errs in the opposite direction, unrolling at a leisurely stroll. .... Once you’ve caught on to the fact that it’s a cozy mystery in sitcom clothing, you might just enjoy the warmth.
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The GuardianNov 20, 2024
Season 1 Review:
It’s charming and sweet, and full of characters who appear to be multimillionaires with impeccable taste in home furnishings. It’s funny, but you won’t annoy your neighbours laughing at it. Stripped of these expectations, though, there is a tenderness here that will sneak up and quietly obliterate you if you’re not careful.
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Nov 20, 2025
Season 2 Review:
If the first season was more focused on the story of a grieving man learning how to process loss and what was on his “inside,” the second is less ambitious but still remarkably sweet and, ultimately, optimistic about human potential and connection. Maybe this really is the good place.
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Nov 20, 2025
Season 2 Review:
In some moments still feels like a facsimile of a better show, but those moments are happily few and far between. In the new episodes there's a deepening of the characters, story and themes, so that most of the season actually feels like a show that you can sink your teeth into.
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Nov 20, 2025
Season 2 Review:
There’s little in here that rises to the heights of “The Good Place” or “Parks and Recreation,” though I’ll admit that I laughed pretty much nonstop throughout the scene where Jason Mantzoukas’s (minor) character is introduced. Still, it’s both endearing and well-made, and there aren’t enough pleasant comedies like that out in the world.
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Radio TimesNov 21, 2024
Season 1 Review:
There are well-placed moments of silence to land messages effectively, and enough subtlety so as not to alienate those simply looking for a light comedy series. With actors this good, those moments are an easy sell, but it's also a credit to the scripts that they stay in the mind after the episodes have ended. Given all this, it's therefore just unfortunate that the comedy is so lacking.
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iNov 20, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Over time, the mystery that brought us into this world disappears amid a sea of subplots and unconnected adventures, and without that foundation, everything feels wobbly and inconsistent. A Man on the Inside is truly a time to shine for Danson, who proves the glue to keep things together. If it weren’t for his strong performance, the whole thing would collapse.
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