Doll & Em
HBO | Sky Living | Sky Witness | Release Date: March 19, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf SmithMar 13, 2014
Season 1 Review: Despite some funny and even pungent moments, in fact, Doll & Em is so gentle that you can barely feel anything. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubErik AdamsMar 19, 2014
Season 1 Review: It’s painfully funny at times, and occasionally poignant. In between those peaks, however, it’s needlingly formless. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowrySep 9, 2015
Season 2 Review: Too often, Doll & Em feels like a poor man’s (or woman’s) version of Ricky Gervais’ “Extras,” providing a rather jaundiced Brits-eye-view of showbiz. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzMar 21, 2014
Season 1 Review: Despite its refreshing commitment to realism, Doll & Em is ultimately too relaxed and meandering for its own good. There are times when you may wish it had embraced the occasional cliches with more gusto. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeSarah RodmanMar 19, 2014
Season 1 Review: There are definite laughs and tears to be wrung from Doll & Em, but the actresses’ own inherent likability and warmth toward each other, oddly enough work against the premise. Read full review
50
HitfixAlan SepinwallMar 19, 2014
Season 1 Review: Every beat of that material is predictable and clumsy and unfunny. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenMar 19, 2014
Season 1 Review: Much of the comedy comes out of that type of awkwardness but Doll & Em is less a comedy-of-the-uncomfortable series (a la a female "Curb Your Enthusiasm") and more just kind of slow and boring. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushMar 19, 2014
Season 1 Review: While sporadically and quietly amusing, the entire enterprise has the whiff of an in-joke vanity production. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkMar 19, 2014
Season 1 Review: There’s some enjoyment to be had from the lead performances of real-life best friends Emily Mortimer (The Newsroom) and Dolly Wells (Bridget Jones’s Diary). A brisk walk would be better for you, though. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMar 18, 2014
Season 1 Review: It has some promise at first but quickly becomes predictable. Read full review
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