Amy Schumer: The Leather Special
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 7, 2017
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Mar 6, 2017
    100
    Amy Schumer takes no prisoners in The Leather Special, an hour of hilarious, raunchy comedy.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ray Rahman
    Mar 6, 2017
    83
    It's pretty much 85 percent sex jokes. The good news is that all the sex jokes are very funny! And even when Schumer turns her attention elsewhere, she still kills it. [10 Mar 2017, p.62]
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  3. The Detroit News
    Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Mar 10, 2017
    75
    She’s absolutely as funny as she was two years ago, which was pretty darn funny. But the humor--most of it revolving around sex, body issues and relationships--feels dated.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Lorraine Ali
    Mar 7, 2017
    50
    Ironically, the dirtier it gets, the less daring it feels. Part of the problem is that she doesn’t drop in enough context from her life of late, and the material feels like it could have come from a set three years ago.
  6. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Mar 6, 2017
    50
    Too much of the carnal Amy, not enough of the smart, cultural critic Amy.

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User Score
1.2

Overwhelming dislike- based on 309 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 309
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 309
  3. Negative: 277 out of 309
  1. fairfaxmike
    Mar 7, 2017
    0
    Sadly for true fans of comedy, Amy seems content resting upon her laurels. Now famous and successful, it's as if little effort is required toSadly for true fans of comedy, Amy seems content resting upon her laurels. Now famous and successful, it's as if little effort is required to please her core base who will continually laugh at material once edgy, shocking and quite funny but now simply disappointing. Amy's set included excessive time on her smelly vagina, diarrhea and cum shooting. Between sex and body comedy she mentioned the tragic shooting of two women at a theater showing her movie. Again, instead of making a connection with the audience, she simply implied gun owners were stereotypically all hillbillies living in trailers and the law allowed blind people to buy guns. She then concludes that if she can talk about men shooting cum upon her breasts then she could talk about guns. I once heard Patton Oswald talking about a set he did at a casino in which he merely had to stand on the stage and the crowd went wild. He didn't even have to tell one new joke; the fans just loved seeing him. Miss Schumer, it seems, has discovered this truth already. If this had been her first set, she would be unknown. On stage she talked about a man trying to shoot cum upon her moving hand. Let's just all hope Amy Schumer doesn't continue to miss the mark and remembers her salad days (well, salad with pasta on top) and gets back to being the great comic we all know she can be.… Full Review »
  2. tibzoid
    Mar 10, 2017
    2
    Did she even prepare a set? She sounded like any drunk girl at a bar. Profoundly DULL and unfunny. Nowhere near the level of quality of her TVDid she even prepare a set? She sounded like any drunk girl at a bar. Profoundly DULL and unfunny. Nowhere near the level of quality of her TV show. She is going to alienate her fans if she continues this way.… Full Review »
  3. ATXHippie
    Mar 9, 2017
    2
    I've liked Amy in the past. A lot. But I could not relate to a single thing she said in this 60 minute gross-out session. I was bored by thisI've liked Amy in the past. A lot. But I could not relate to a single thing she said in this 60 minute gross-out session. I was bored by this special. Some of her jokes did not make sense. How did she know her special lady parts had an offensive odor? Is she limber enough to stick her head down there? Or was the smell strong enough to clear an elevator? If it's that bad, somebody needs to get tested for an infection. In the last 40 years I have had zero female friends mention having a vagina odor problem. 100 women surveyed. Survey says . . . XXX. I hung in there despite this rough start, but things never got better. Amy was not funny. Which makes me sad because I love to laugh. I'm old enough to have seen Bill Hicks live in a tiny club. The drinking jokes are getting old, too. Blackout jokes apropos of nothing fell flat. I hope she sobers up, grows up, and retools her act. She even burped loudly! I spent some time with my neighbor's 3 year old grandson this morning, and he did the same thing, right before he told me he had to poop and I handed him back to Grandma.… Full Review »
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