Death To 2020
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 27, 2020
User Score
4.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 40
  3. Negative: 14 out of 40

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  1. maythe4bewithu
    Dec 29, 2020
    3
    South Park did it way better. They are just telling old jokes in a Contemporary SNL Style. Even SNL wouldn't do it this cringeworthy.
  2. leaveit
    Dec 29, 2020
    0
    After taking himself far too seriously for nearly 2 decades, Charlie Brooker tries to make a joke. Imagine if Ryan Seacrest tried to make an action film or if Tom Cruise directed a comedy for an idea of what to expect.
  3. DrLaura
    Dec 28, 2020
    10
    Hilariously funny on many levels. Easily the funniest film of the year. I know there are detractors, but clearly I am not one of them and appreciated the humor.
  4. Renatoajmorais
    Dec 28, 2020
    1
    The script is so, SO POOR, SHALLOW AND CRINGY that I couldn't help myself and started laughing, not because it was funny, but out of disbelief.
  5. cherold
    Jan 18, 2021
    8
    This is hilarious, what's wrong with y'all? Also, why is metacritic listing a TV movie as a TV series? WTF?
  6. Geng1s
    Dec 28, 2020
    7
    Look its not going to win any awards and yes it had a few cringe jokes in it but overall if you need something to watch for an hour that lets you bemoan the trashtastic year that was 2020 without needing to be fully invested then this was actually a pretty easy watch.
  7. JLuis_001
    Dec 27, 2020
    5
    As I said with Borat 2, through the absurdity of satire is that some deign to pay more attention, and this is what this little project from the creators of Black Mirror does.

    However it's only a recap of the events of this year through satire, and yet it never hits the mark, because in this year, satire already exists in the real life events. Trump is a clown, but in the most extreme    As I said with Borat 2, through the absurdity of satire is that some deign to pay more attention, and this is what this little project from the creators of Black Mirror does.

    However it's only a recap of the events of this year through satire, and yet it never hits the mark, because in this year, satire already exists in the real life events.

    Trump is a clown, but in the most extreme joke, he's the president of the United States.
    People's ignorance with all their conspiracies is pure comedy, but it's also tremendously dangerous as they don't realize that they are as radicalized as the "Muslim terrorists" that terrifies them.
    They criticize the ''influencers'' but consume all their content voraciously.
    We criticize social media for their power, but we eagerly give them access to all of our information, because we are ''social animals''
    And the list goes on, and on, in everything this project mentions.

    The joke, it's us, and this year just highlighted it.
    And if there's one thing about all of this that I really agree on, it's what Leslie Jones' character says: ''In my professional opinion we are **** imbeciles''.    … Expand
  8. VicFerrari
    Dec 29, 2020
    8
    Clever, amusing satire in the vein of Charlie Brooker's previous Screenwipe outings but with a bigger budget and Hollywood actors. Apparently offends some who have seen 2020 before, or is it just the hate bandwagon, another staple of this blighted year?
  9. ShawnFournier
    Dec 31, 2020
    8
    Jeez this got poor reviews, way worse than I would have expected. Welp, I liked it. It was a refreshing take on an otherwise depressing year.
  10. brockcheese
    Dec 31, 2020
    4
    This is so cringe. It feels like a daily show sketch stretched to an absurd degree and none of the jokes are very clever or interesting. Just bottom of the barrel 2020 jokes.

Awards & Rankings

50
#50 Most Discussed TV Season of 2020

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Metascore
41

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 8 out of 12
  1. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Aja Romano
    Jan 12, 2021
    30
    It’s all incredibly banal and deeply uninspired. ... Brooker achieves something close to meaningful commentary on the year only when he and the rest of the writers stop cracking tired jokes and allow the absurdity of the year’s images to speak for themselves.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Lorraine Ali
    Jan 4, 2021
    80
    The streamer’s bitingly funny, hastily assembled and slightly deranged comedic retrospective lampoons the worst year ever.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Kathryn VanArendonk
    Dec 30, 2020
    30
    Death to 2020 is a limp, unimaginative recap of a year that surely few viewers need help remembering.
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