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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IndieWireBen TraversAug 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: It's quite a combination of ideas, and what holds them together is the author's distinct, compelling voice, alongside Stewart's utter magnetism. Read full review
83
Uncle BarkyEd BarkAug 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: Blunt Talk’s overall absurdity at times over-reaches and grabs viewers too hard by the throat. Still, its excesses are offset by enough inspired lunacy to carry the day. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubJohn TetiAug 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: The show makes admirable attempts to build out the world beyond Blunt, and the effort yields some dividends.... But most of the time, Stewart is on screen, so most of the time, it’s hard to stop watching. Read full review
80
ColliderAllison KeeneSep 28, 2016
Season 2 Review: Where Blunt Talk really succeeds is in its smallest moments and interactions. In the worlds that Ames creates, the rhythms of the character’s speech are incredibly unique and warm. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydSep 11, 2015
Season 1 Review: There is a tenderness that runs through the series and makes the trip worth taking, however improbable the road. Read full review
80
The WrapNed EhrbarAug 24, 2015
Season 1 Review: Stewart and Scarborough make Blunt Talk worth watching, as they’re an offbeat co-dependent pair who clearly have great affection and respect for each other, and watching Stewart embrace Walter’s often loony behavior is a treat. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyAug 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: It helps a lot that [Blunt] is played by Patrick Stewart, who brings theatrical majesty to a man who quite sincerely believes words can change the world for the better. Read full review
80
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandAug 20, 2015
Season 1 Review: Strange, off-the-wall, and even slightly mad. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyJeff JensenAug 13, 2015
Season 1 Review: Created by Jonathan Ames (Bored to Death), Blunt Talk’s media satire is by turns sly and stale. Blunt isn’t a convincing anchorman avatar, though he works as a metaphor for pampered celebrity. The show begins to find itself as an inspired comedy about redemption in a post-self-help, post-hot-mess culture in the third episode. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichAug 12, 2015
Season 1 Review: Pilot episode aside, Ames doesn’t skimp on the inventively outlandish absurdity. But it’s the simmering, slowly bared pathos--the sense that these clownish people are constantly trying and failing to suppress something all-too-human about themselves--that distinguishes it from the cringe-comedy crop. Read full review
65
Under The RadarCody Ray ShaferAug 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: Where Stewart is the show's greatest strength, there is very little else to grasp onto. The situations are good for a few awkward giggles, but ultimately Blunt Talk misses the mark on the bigger picture. Read full review
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