Difficult People

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Season 2
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 5, 2015
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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Critic Reviews

  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Jul 11, 2016
    100
    Difficult People is proudly absurd and wallows in our hope that people as hilariously obnoxious as Julie Kessler and Billy Epstein couldn’t possibly exist in the real world.
  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Liz Shannon Miller
    Jul 12, 2016
    91
    There’s some incredible reference work happening here, the sort that challenges even the most savvy pop culture nerd, but the inclusion that comes with recognizing each mention proves super-rewarding.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Joshua Alston
    Jul 12, 2016
    83
    Like Happy Endings and Community, People continues to lean heavily on minute referential humor. Those who would enjoy Julie and Billy’s companionship in real life will have just as much fun watching them on television, while those who wouldn’t are doomed to smile, nod, and pretend they get the joke.
  5. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Jul 12, 2016
    80
    The episodes are so briskly paced and the tone so expertly judged that you tend to enjoy it all in the spirit in which it was intended. The show is a jar of bittersweet jelly beans. You can’t eat just one.
  6. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Mitchel Broussard
    Jul 12, 2016
    80
    Difficult People mocks and guts its targets--sometimes with the awkward stumbling of a chainsaw, mostly with the precision of a scalpel--but it does so without bringing attention to the fact that it’s so good at doing its job.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Jul 11, 2016
    80
    In its first season, Difficult People distinguished itself with such fast-paced, snippy dialogue, but the show has become more than just a series of quick jokes. The writing has grown increasingly intricate.
  8. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jul 11, 2016
    80
    The exhilarating thing about Difficult People is that it consists of aggressive insult humor that’s rooted in a friendship that’s all heart.
  9. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jul 8, 2016
    70
    The hilarious Difficult People launches a second season of shockingly outrageous farce. [11-24 Jul 2016, p.17]
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