Chelsea Does

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 23, 2016
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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Critic Reviews

  1. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Mitchel Broussard
    Jan 21, 2016
    90
    While the show itself could be a bit scatterbrained in attempting to tackle so many ideas and issues all at once, her ultimate, hilariously ordinary epiphany from all of it is the best end-cap her journey could have asked for.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    Jan 21, 2016
    80
    What makes her new Netflix documentary series, Chelsea Does, so invigorating [is] she knows she's severely out of her depth, and realizes that's all the more reason to try and wade deeper.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jeff Jensen
    Jan 19, 2016
    75
    A series of thoughtful, funny personal investigations into such topics as marriage, racism, Silicon Valley, and drugs. [22 Jan 2016, p.67]
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jan 22, 2016
    70
    Produced by Morgan Neville and directed throughout by Eddie Schmidt with an expensive-looking creaminess, each episode spends upward of an hour going back and forth through the subject, in different ways: conversational (Handler hanging out with friends, some of them also famous, some of them also comedians, to discuss the matter at hand, or talking to experts in the relevant field); confessional (one on one with a clinical psychologist); and experiential, as she puts herself into different environments, or experiments on herself, to learn something new.
  6. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Margaret Lyons
    Jan 22, 2016
    70
    The show's curiosity and smarts buoy it during times of less credibility, and there's almost a sense of determination radiating out of the episodes. We're doing this. Luckily, they're doing it pretty well.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Dennis Perkins
    Jan 22, 2016
    67
    Hardcore documentary fans may find Chelsea Does a bit lacking in terms of depth—especially as the sheen surrounding most of the episodes is a bit off-balance, given Handler’s personal lack of polish. But for Chelsea Handler fans or even people who aren’t deeply invested in the genre, these are definitely good jumping-off points.

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 47 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 47
  3. Negative: 15 out of 47
  1. Vancomycin
    Jan 24, 2016
    2
    Chelsea tries a little too hard in these episodes which seem to drag on, plotless and unmotivated. She often comes across as your entertainingChelsea tries a little too hard in these episodes which seem to drag on, plotless and unmotivated. She often comes across as your entertaining middle-aged aunt ranting about something that really isn't original or creative. Yes, the self-absorbed and "I don't like other people just my pets" schtick is a staple for many comedians, but in this series you'll see her use that a walker. I would suggest she try harder, but it seems like these episodes were her doing exactly that. Thank God there were only four.… Full Review »
  2. Ripandread
    Apr 11, 2016
    0
    I fail to understand why anyone thinks that Chelsea Handler is entertaining. She's is certainly a poor role model for young women. PersonallyI fail to understand why anyone thinks that Chelsea Handler is entertaining. She's is certainly a poor role model for young women. Personally who cares what Handler does?… Full Review »
  3. larale
    Mar 3, 2016
    0
    There is a privileged laziness that keeps Chelsea from being a Lenny Bruce or a Bill Hicks or a George Carlin. She has the comic timing andThere is a privileged laziness that keeps Chelsea from being a Lenny Bruce or a Bill Hicks or a George Carlin. She has the comic timing and no-one can take that away from her, but the pretense that she has any insight into what she is commenting on, enough to turn it into a mirror on society the way these other brilliant comedians were able to, is clueless at best, arrogant at worst. I used to like her, but after sitting through this self-indulgent, unfunny mess of poorly edited derivative television I have become very uninterested in watching her again. Maybe that is a blessing since there are so many more important issues in the world than anything she wastes my time turning into a way to get attention for herself!… Full Review »
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