Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 18, 2018
User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 38
  3. Negative: 11 out of 38

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  1. fariborz2001
    Dec 27, 2018
    1
    Ellen is messed up ..... it's horrible .... I've never seen such a weak stand up
  2. Almighty_David
    Jan 9, 2019
    3
    This “special” felt like Ellen just walked on stage and started rambling. And she sounded so out of touch, like someone who has heard nothing but queued laughter and not a single boo in decades. Most of her “stories” were pointless and occasionally she did say something interesting, but it just never really went anywhere and her “jokes” seemed clumsy and forced. It was painful to watch andThis “special” felt like Ellen just walked on stage and started rambling. And she sounded so out of touch, like someone who has heard nothing but queued laughter and not a single boo in decades. Most of her “stories” were pointless and occasionally she did say something interesting, but it just never really went anywhere and her “jokes” seemed clumsy and forced. It was painful to watch and the only actually funny thing in this show was the pictures/videos of the animals she pulled off the internet. And for the record, I love Ellen... or at least I did before watching this.
    Edit: And just to explain why I’m being this harsh: Ellen is a f-ing legend and she set the bar very high over the years, so I was expecting something sharp and refined, just like herself, but this “special” is just so lackluster and pointless and feels like a first draft, something you either throw out or at the most use as a starting off point, not something you settle on. Also, Ellen didn’t need to do a special and the thing is, an artistic and creative opportunity like this is something a lot of artists would cut their arm off to get, but she just squandered it and that’s why this felt so out of touch, because a show like this should be a piece of art, a passionate expression of an artist’s creative vision and talent , so it should be f-ing special and Ellen seems to not get that at all. And that’s why I’m being harsh, because as an artist and a Ellen-fan this “special” was just such a complete disappointment and infuriatingly frustrating to watch.    … Expand

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Dec 19, 2018
    80
    Relatable fulfills a number of missions within its hour-plus running time. It is smart, genuinely funny and true to the comedian’s brand, and it reminds us that DeGeneres, the daytime figure synonymous with kindness and incredible gift-giveaways, also is entitled to her darkness.
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  2. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Matt Wilstein
    Dec 18, 2018
    70
    As refreshing as it is to hear DeGeneres open up in a more nakedly honest way than we are used to seeing, she’s at her purest comedically in the special when she returns to the type of observational humor that made her famous in the first place.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Kathryn VanArendonk
    Dec 18, 2018
    70
    Not all of Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable is that sharp, carefully crafted, or, frankly, as interesting [as her opening gambit]. As she moves into the middle of the hour, DeGeneres uses a few bits that feel directly imported from a monologue on Ellen. ... The sharpest, most deeply felt material comes when DeGeneres instead grapples with her feelings about her celebrity status, and the simultaneous gift and burden of her role as a daytime talk show host.
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