Chris Rock: Tamborine
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 14, 2018
User Score
4.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 63
  3. Negative: 28 out of 63

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  1. ourman
    Feb 15, 2018
    5
    Frankly it felt forced. Like he was trying to remember how to make people laugh and there really wasn't that many laughs. Compare this to his old stand up where people are crying with laughter. He looked different, sounded different, that laugh seemed fake. So much of what he covered has been covered to death already.

    The divorce stuff has the most potential but didn't go deep enough.    Frankly it felt forced. Like he was trying to remember how to make people laugh and there really wasn't that many laughs. Compare this to his old stand up where people are crying with laughter. He looked different, sounded different, that laugh seemed fake. So much of what he covered has been covered to death already.

    The divorce stuff has the most potential but didn't go deep enough. He's clearly moved on from the more shocking comedy of his youth and that's great...but he's not sure where to go yet. Needs more light and shade to make it work. This didn't feel right and he looks like he knew it.    … Expand
  2. shoulderoforion
    Feb 20, 2018
    5
    not great. man said he was tryin to make back that divorce money right out in the open, and this special feels like it. the "women, children, & dogs" routine struck a sour note, and it wasn't helped by him repeating it a hundred times. not great.
  3. CAmoviegoer
    Feb 19, 2018
    4
    Chris Rock came across more as a cynical, angry divorcee than his usual insightful, bitingly funny self. I think he should have waited a few more years after getting divorced before he did a show on Netflix. He came across as bitter and his outlook on all woman is truly bleak. Apparently, all women are spiteful, gold digging, housewives who manipulate and steal. Brutal. I’ll give himChris Rock came across more as a cynical, angry divorcee than his usual insightful, bitingly funny self. I think he should have waited a few more years after getting divorced before he did a show on Netflix. He came across as bitter and his outlook on all woman is truly bleak. Apparently, all women are spiteful, gold digging, housewives who manipulate and steal. Brutal. I’ll give him points for putting himself out there and being incredibly honest. It’s just unfortunate that what he had to say was so stereotypical and misogynistic.… Expand
  4. sissi_stess
    Feb 24, 2018
    4
    So disappointed, it's more like a random person speaking about everything and nothing and forgetting to be a comedian. The few successful jokes get lost in the sea of nothing
  5. Leeham
    May 30, 2018
    6
    Uneven, Chris Rock's Tamborine is only intermittently funny and lacking in the observations that have made his work genius-like in the past. Surprisingly, he doesn't look at his most comfortable here and one wonders if that's due to his material or the way it's been organised here by, director, Bo Burnham. Disappointing.
  6. mefzeldernx
    Mar 10, 2018
    5
    Chris Rock vuelve a los escenarios en un nuevo especial de stand-up de Netflix, el aclamado actor vuelve con esa personalidad exclusiva al género que le dio el puntapié inicial a su carrera.
    Es difícil calificar ésta actividad, ya que al ser la producción tan simple es necesario compenetrarse con la narración. No es uno de los mejores shows de Chris, pero tiene sus momentos que producen    Chris Rock vuelve a los escenarios en un nuevo especial de stand-up de Netflix, el aclamado actor vuelve con esa personalidad exclusiva al género que le dio el puntapié inicial a su carrera.
    Es difícil calificar ésta actividad, ya que al ser la producción tan simple es necesario compenetrarse con la narración. No es uno de los mejores shows de Chris, pero tiene sus momentos que producen risas.
    Hay mejores shows en Netflix pero si te agrada el famoso bien vale la pena verlo, hay muchas chances que te haga reír y pasar una buena hora.    … Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Dennis Perkins
    Feb 15, 2018
    75
    The first half of the show finds Rock mining for outraged laughs in topics like police shootings, racism, bullying, and (inextricably linked to all three) the rise of Donald Trump with practiced skill. ... The second half of Tamborine is both weaker and paradoxically more riveting.
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  2. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Matt Wilstein
    Feb 15, 2018
    80
    The Chris Rock of Tamborine is a man in the middle of a life transition. He’s less brazenly confident than he was in his younger days, humbled at least a bit by nearly losing the right to see his own children. But while he may have been brought low as a husband and father, Rock’s powers as a comedian have not been diminished.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Feb 15, 2018
    80
    Rock is as good a writer as it’s possible for a comedian to be without sounding written. He’s in fine form in Tamborine.
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