Blunt Talk
Starz | Release Date: August 22, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
11
Negative:
4
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Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonAug 20, 2015
Season 1 Review: Blunt Talk is as wildly uneven as it is occasionally brilliant. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverAug 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: Blunt Talk is a muddled but sometimes endearingly dirty comedy. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardAug 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: [Blunt Talk] is dull, depressing, charm-free, puerile and pointless. You’ll have more fun slapping yourself in the head with a spoon for a half-hour. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Margaret LyonsAug 20, 2015
Season 1 Review: Stewart's unbelievable warmth helps, but it's not quite enough to anchor the show. His character is too scattershot. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertAug 20, 2015
Season 1 Review: As the writing on Blunt Talk bounces between inspired insanity and stupidity, Stewart remains enjoyable. With his authoritative chewing of scenery, he rises far above the show’s unevenness and overcrowded flock of supporting characters. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonAug 20, 2015
Season 1 Review: [Patrick Stewart is] a fantastic sport about the silly things asked of him, but that just makes it more of a shame that the show's writing doesn't do better by him. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandAug 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: Scarborough and some of the guest stars (Gelman, Sharon Lawrence, Moby) make Blunt Talk better than its scripts. The problem is that as good as Stewart is, Walter Blunt wears out his welcome, and you can effectively counterbalance that with guest stars only so often. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike HaleAug 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: It is an amusing showcase for Mr. Stewart and for Adrian Scarborough of “Gavin & Stacey” as Blunt’s valet and chief enabler.... But there’s not much else going on--the satire is soft and scattershot, and the elements of farce and physical comedy are routine. Read full review
40
Yahoo TVKen TuckerAug 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: Stewart gives a terrific performance, gliding through a song-and-dance fantasy in the second episode, and, throughout, delivering his lines with astutely timed gusto. It’s too bad the lines aren’t funny. Read full review
40
Las Vegas WeeklyJosh BellAug 20, 2015
Season 1 Review: Walter’s colleagues are just as depraved as he is, but their issues feel forced, more about crass, envelope-pushing jokes than character development. Stewart dives into his role with admirable gusto, but the show around him isn’t worthy of his talents. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryAug 19, 2015
Season 1 Review: The premiere starts with a rambunctious energy that temporarily promotes a sense of good will.... But from there, the series--which Ames produced with the seemingly ubiquitous Seth MacFarlane--pretty rapidly disintegrates, relying too heavily on Stewart’s madcap antics and an assortment of not particularly distinctive supporting players. Read full review
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