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Positive:
26
Mixed:
30
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Critic Reviews
The GuardianDec 18, 2025
Season 5 Review:
There are many, many new faces, the best among them being Minnie Driver. .... There is also – perhaps surprisingly – more emotional heft to this series than previous outings, and the sense that Emily and friends are growing up. .... Before things can get too heavy, though, the series steers us back towards the absurd and the outrageous.
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iDec 21, 2022
Season 3 Review:
Narratively, Emily in Paris is a dud, taking us to a dead-end in a purple McLaren. But it looks pretty and there are standout moments (sometimes for the wrong reasons: Mindy’s take on a performance suitable for a small, historic jazz club is truly something to behold). But Emily in Paris has lost its magic.
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The GuardianDec 21, 2022
Season 3 Review:
It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but it is so relentlessly chirpy it doesn’t really need to. The clothes are bright and hypnotically garish, to the extent that, like its ancestor Sex and the City, you just want a new episode to start so you can see what everyone is wearing.
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Dec 22, 2021
Season 2 Review:
Everyone is over-acting to a borderline unconvincing amount. The series’ narrative progression is carefully curated to appeal to the tastes and sensibilities of viewers. ... Nothing happening in the series may be real, or important, but that’s never Star’s goal. Rather, each episode in Season Two is nothing more than a 30-minute escape, peering into a world that is mere fantasy, and is all the more entertaining for it, which, in this case, is enough.
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Radio TimesDec 22, 2021
Season 2 Review:
Fun, fashion-forward and funny, Emily in Paris’s second season makes for a very easy watch if you’re after a fluffy romcom full of colourful characters and lovers’ tiffs to get you through the Christmas holidays, but if you’re looking for a sitcom with substance, I would say non merci to this messy comedy.
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Sep 30, 2020
Aug 21, 2024
Season 4 Review:
This season’s tonal dissonance draws attention to the shallowness of the social commentary—and distracts from the self-aware frivolity that first endeared Emily in Paris to audiences. .... Emily in Paris isn’t equipped to offer clear-eyed analysis of the real world in bite-size releases, and that’s fine.
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Dec 21, 2022
Season 3 Review:
What once felt like a fun drift through a magical alternate universe, by Season Three, has come to feel like a stagnant decision that no one is willing to make. ... Star, by not choosing to go harder on his characters, lets them ambivalently coast through their world: still technicolor, still camp, but without the sense of adventure that made the show such a delight to begin with.
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Dec 21, 2021
Season 2 Review:
While the drama and tension between Emily, Gabriel, Camille, and now Alfie might be what keeps the lights on, there will likely come a point in time when viewers decide the good no longer outweighs the bad. For some, that point may have already come and gone. For others, it could be on the horizon. It's up to everyone to decide how much they're willing to handle.
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Oct 15, 2020
Season 1 Review:
It’s TV chick lit, a rom-com in a foreign location where nothing bad ever happens and the cute protagonist gets laid a lot on her way to having it all. But the complicating thing about Emily in Paris—the best thing about it really, the thing that turns it from a trifle people enjoy into a curiosity they enjoy insulting—is how brittle its protagonist is.
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The TelegraphDec 18, 2025
The TimesDec 18, 2025
Season 5 Review:
It is also not nearly as funny as it should or could be. It reminds me of one of those influencers, too busy simpering into the mirror and trying to look perfect to provide any proper belly laughs or insights. Although Driver may improve matters on that score since it looks like she’s staying for the next series.
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Aug 15, 2024
Season 4 Review:
Even “Emily in Paris” seems a little bored by romance, spending the first act of Season 4 either dutifully advancing the predictable plot or casually abandoning its few major twists. Much like Emily herself, the focus of the show is squarely on work, where the withering gaze of agency boss Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) creates enough friction to give the proceedings some spark.
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The Daily BeastAug 15, 2024
Season 4 Review:
The only truly compelling thread this season, so far, follows Emily’s boss Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu). .... Her scenes, as always, feel like they’re part of a different, more mature show for actual adults—one that makes the rest of Emily in Paris look like Cocomelon. Really, the best reason to keep watching is to see all the nutty outfits Lily Collins is saddled with this time around.
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The IndependentDec 21, 2022
Season 3 Review:
On the nose? You ain’t seen nothing yet. In Emily in Paris, an exposition-heavy script makes sure nothing is left open to interpretation. ... The high fashion world of Emily in Paris (aka her mildly ridiculous wardrobe) continues to be the best thing about this show.
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RogerEbert.comOct 1, 2020
Season 1 Review:
So devoid of narrative tension that it barely qualifies as entertainment. ... The characters surrounding Emily are more intriguing than she is. ... Technically, “Emily in Paris” is well-made, but the show’s shortcomings—from its simplistic depiction of French culture to its paper-thin protagonist—make it more of an irritation than an indulgence.
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