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Critic Reviews
TV Guide MagazineAug 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Bad Monkey is delightfully impure escapism. [26 Aug - 15 Sep 2024, p.4]
Aug 14, 2024
Season 1 Review:
What makes “Bad Monkey” special is that there is nothing special about it. It’s a little wayward at times, what with its huge cast of characters and myriad plot lines, some of which are, strictly speaking, unnecessary, but it gets the job done in a good old-fashioned colorful way.
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ColliderAug 13, 2024
Aug 13, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The narrative is elaborately plotted but not labyrinthine. The relationships all feel fresh—Yancy’s bond with his long-suffering ex-partner, Ro (John Ortiz), puts new blood in the cop-buddy convention—and the characters are unconventional, even if Yancy is an amalgamation of every Vince Vaughn role ever.
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Aug 13, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Vaughn is so good, the entire cast of characters (which also includes Scott Glenn as Yancy’s laid-back dad, and Alex Moffatt as a developer with what Yancy describes as ” the most punchable face I’ve ever seen not on a golf course”) so much fun, and the vibes so strong, that the mystery very quickly becomes besides the point. The season covers the entire book, but the last scene leaves the door open for more adventures of Andrew Yancy. By that point, you may, like me, feel eager to spend more time with this fast-talking man and his surreal little corner of the world.
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Aug 14, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Undemanding but effective, offering all the distraction of a sunny day without the need to relinquish the AC. Lawrence surrounds his core ensemble with personalities — a douchebag real estate agent trying to offload a waterfront McMansion; a novelty T-shirt baron with potential ties to the Russian mob — who may not advance the central case, but help enhance the vibe.
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Aug 13, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The show never quite nails Hiaasen’s satirical edge, his very specific perspective on Florida’s grifters and interlopers, settling for soft mockery of corrupt institutions and the nouveau riche. It’s all surface, but when the surface is this pretty — white-sand beaches, sparkling blue water, condensation glistening on a cold beer — you may very well be happy to spend some time on it.
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Aug 13, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Vaughn's charming turn as detective-turned-health inspector Andrew Yancy means that Bad Monkey is entertaining even when its story slouches toward its conclusion. The ensemble also shines throughout, featuring standout performances from Meredith Hagner, Natalie Martinez, and Jodie Turner-Smith.
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Aug 14, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The show largely works. But I would like it considerably more if someone other than Vaughn were in the central role. He doesn’t embody a specific character so much as play a version of his well-worn persona, delivering a glib, fast-talking patter but little else to suggest there’s a human being underneath all that bluster. He’s blank behind the eyes.
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RogerEbert.comAug 13, 2024
Season 1 Review:
While this is true, the episodes sometimes drag, and “Bad Monkey” feels like proof that we need to bring back 30-minute comedies. Although it’s frustrating to watch at times and almost outstays its welcome, it’s clear that there is something special here. Unfortunately, it just takes too long to discover this spark.
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The TelegraphAug 13, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The skinny, barely plausible story feels overstretched at 10 episodes and the energy ebbs away in a closing episode in which loose ends are not so much tied up as scrunched into a ball of paper and tossed into the nearest wastebasket. But as a character piece that serves up a snapshot of eccentric Florida life, Bad Monkey is a tale slips down as easily as a sundowner on a moonlit beach.
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IndieWireAug 14, 2024
Aug 14, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Unfortunately, the series is just as infatuated with its over-the-top protagonist—and as exhausting in its relentless quirk—as his [Bill Lawrence's] recent comedies. The best decision Lawrence and Tarses made in bringing Hiaasen’s book to the small screen was to cast Vaughn. .... Standout supporting performances by Jodie Turner-Smith, Rob Delaney, and Michelle Monaghan also go a long way toward mitigating the script’s silliness.
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The PlaylistAug 26, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Sad as it may be, his [Vince Vaughn's] presence is hardly enough to muster enthusiasm for further trips into this peculiar world, with an atmosphere unable to stand out from its contemporaries nor leave any semblance of a lasting impression. It’s hardly bad, but this is one monkey that’s a bit too bananas to truly appreciate.
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