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
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  1. danmhensley
    Dec 29, 2018
    8
    Ellen is back and her material is as good as ever. I really hope she continues to release new stand-up I have always loved her style.
  2. filmluver
    Dec 23, 2018
    9
    We stumbled on this the other night. I'm an Ellen fan, but watching this really reminded me why. We laughed about every 15 seconds at her material. There's just no one like her. She's smart in that easy relaxed way. She really connects to her audience. Her juxtaposition of laughs around her extreme wealth and privilege against her (lesbian) girl next door demeanor was surprisingly funny. IWe stumbled on this the other night. I'm an Ellen fan, but watching this really reminded me why. We laughed about every 15 seconds at her material. There's just no one like her. She's smart in that easy relaxed way. She really connects to her audience. Her juxtaposition of laughs around her extreme wealth and privilege against her (lesbian) girl next door demeanor was surprisingly funny. I was also reminded of her being blackballed in Hollywood for 3 years after publicly coming out--and her success is her revenge. Not the edgiest material, but classic Ellen. I'll watch it again when I feel a need to lighten up and hang with my old friend Ellen.… 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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