Divorce (2016)

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 9, 2016
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 56
  3. Negative: 20 out of 56
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  1. SarahSarah
    Dec 5, 2016
    10
    This show definitely gets juicier with each episode and is worth giving it a chance if you are hesitant about investing time in a new series. It builds and builds with each storyline and the premise is one that most people will relate to on many levels. Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church deliver amazing performances. Great new series!
  2. Clee129
    Nov 23, 2016
    10
    Best new show in a long time. The actors are perfectly cast. Hayden Church and SJP are perfect together and apart. Other cast member compliment their story perfectly. Love the combo of drama and comedy.
  3. DocTV
    Oct 24, 2016
    0
    Confusing, boring and somewhat painful. This show does not know if it wants to be a comedy or a drama... And yet it fails at both miserably. The characters are unlikeable, the writing is dreary, and frankly after 3 episodes in it is time to pull the plug on this relationship. Out of a possible 5stars, I give you none and take two more away. Awful!
  4. Stu_H
    Oct 25, 2016
    0
    Comedy?? this is depressing stuff, maybe a laugh track to identify the humor would help. SJP must have a strong anti-nudity clause in her contract given the number of layers she wears during the bed scenes and what mother takes kids of those ages to the bus every day? There's too much better fare for streaming than this.
  5. Bluebabyxxoo
    Oct 28, 2016
    2
    This show is unwatchable Sarah Jessica Parker has a very strange speech pattern and makes the show impossible to watch No real story being told three episodes in and I hate it just as much as I did when I watch the first episode can't recommend when I won't even watch it again myself
  6. GerN
    Oct 11, 2016
    2
    My wife and I were extremely disappointed. Poorly written and overacted, with completely unbelievable characters, this is the worst HBO production I can remember. It seems to intentionally insult the viewer.
  7. sportysportr
    Oct 24, 2016
    10
    SJP is back! A smart, funny, honestly difficult adult show like only HBO knows how to do. Beautifully acted and produced - Divorce rises to the top of my in the crop of new programs. Looking forward to seeing where SJP takes her character. Kudos!
  8. bentleeonasis
    Oct 31, 2016
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really really really am hoping to like this show, eventually. And I keep watching for that exact reason, hope. Esp. because SJP is my favorite actress, and Thomas Haden Church actually has really good dry humor jokes - but together it is a very awkward hard to watch show. I'm just so sad because I want to love this show but I can't :(… Expand
  9. megasmacky
    Jan 2, 2017
    4
    Like most HBO series it's very well written and performed with strong characters. I guess I have two problems with the show. First, I find Francis' friends deeply unlikable, particularly Molly Shannon and her suburban, wealthy **** stereotype/husband. I have the same reaction to Tracy Letts I've had in every other role he's been in- I want to watch him get hit by a car. With slo-mo andLike most HBO series it's very well written and performed with strong characters. I guess I have two problems with the show. First, I find Francis' friends deeply unlikable, particularly Molly Shannon and her suburban, wealthy **** stereotype/husband. I have the same reaction to Tracy Letts I've had in every other role he's been in- I want to watch him get hit by a car. With slo-mo and many camera angles. The main problem I have though is I just don't believe these two people would ever get together. They seem to be two very different people and I don't get how they'd meet or see anything in each other that would compel them to start dating. So yeah, when the whole premise of the show is on shaky ground it's hard to come up with a reason to keep watching.… Expand
  10. signe
    Jul 24, 2017
    4
    I really wanted to like this. And, I really do always enjoy Thomas Haden Church but there is just too much to not like here. First, Sara Jessica Parker-I'm sorry but she needs to remake her visual image - she just looks so "sex in the city" 20 yrs after.
    And I could not understand the music choices: really mediocre 80' s and 90's music. Why? At first I though this was set in the 80's or    I really wanted to like this. And, I really do always enjoy Thomas Haden Church but there is just too much to not like here. First, Sara Jessica Parker-I'm sorry but she needs to remake her visual image - she just looks so "sex in the city" 20 yrs after.
    And I could not understand the music choices: really mediocre 80' s and 90's music. Why? At first I though this was set in the 80's or 90's but then they mention 911. So they totally missed the opportunity to allow the music too underscore the tone. such a waste.    … Expand

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Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 37
  3. Negative: 3 out of 37
  1. Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Reviewed by: Mark Dawidziak
    Oct 14, 2016
    50
    The major characters, one and all, are extremely well acted, but the winter of their middle-age discontent produces a comedy that leaves the viewer a little cold.
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  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Oct 10, 2016
    50
    It would seem that Horgan has a fixation on anxiety-inducing titles, but “Catastrophe” has an upbeat pulse that permeates its humor that is sorely lacking in Divorce. ... [The] best scenes in Divorce aren’t carried by Parker, which is a shame and an error, considering her role as the center of this off-kilter miniature galaxy. Instead, Church generates most of the comedy in the show’s opening episodes, which is terrific.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jeff Jensen
    Oct 10, 2016
    58
    Divorce makes you feel almost nothing. It’s a shallow bore, and not even the flailing efforts of its stars make it interesting.
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