Barry

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Season 3
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 25, 2018
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 66 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 66
  3. Negative: 10 out of 66
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  1. OlivierPiel
    Jun 29, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The evolution of this show is very symptomatic to the American series as an "art" form. While the first season was iconoclastic and realistic, and drew heartfelt parallels between the pathetic nihilism facing war vets and wanna-be actors, it jumped the proverbial shark in season 2 and veered into full-blown cartoonism: Garrish one-dimensional characters (unbearable gay cliché Hank), loud inflation of gratuitous yet nonsensical violence, constant terrible 180 degree plot twists (Cousineau wanna kill, protect, kill, protect, kill, protect Barry...) have ruined a once nuanced and finely-tuned show that ran like chamber music.
    Sadly, music blaring horns, drums and one-tonal motifs has always appealed to the immature populace. And this is not an exception.    … Expand

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Metascore
94

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    May 5, 2022
    100
    A thrilling concoction of pitch black humor and nail-biting suspense. [9 - 22 May 2022, p.5]
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  2. Under The Radar
    Reviewed by: Kyle Mullin
    Apr 25, 2022
    80
    Barry’s runtime always whizzes by like a hitman’s bullet, the laughs constantly killing and the tone hitting an elusive bullseye. Aside from these richly layered plot developments, the characterization and performances of Barry, Gene, Hank, and, above all Sally, help this hilarious and occasionally heart wrenching dramedy once again — just like its title character — hit the mark.
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  3. Decider
    Reviewed by: Josh Sorokach
    Apr 25, 2022
    100
    There’s good TV, there’s great TV, and then there’s the new Barry, a magnificent season of television that will unquestionably find its way onto your own personal best of the year list.
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