Extraordinary
HULU | Release Date: January 25, 2023
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneyMar 8, 2024
Season 2 Review: Leaps into a new creative stratosphere. .... Season two is flat-out great. Read full review
95
Paste MagazineLacy BaugherMar 6, 2024
Season 2 Review: Extraordinary’s trademark brash humor remains as offbeat, raunchy, and genuinely funny as ever. .... But Extraordinary’s greatest superpower remains what it has always been: its heart. And in a pop culture landscape full of paint-by-numbers superhero stories, that actually counts for a whole lot. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Barbara EllenSep 10, 2024
Season 1 Review: It needs pruning: with the passing of episodes there’s a dizzying influx of characters and storylines, some verging on puerile. Still, overall it’s impressive: dark and sweet. Pugnacious yet vulnerable, Tyers reminds me of Pulling-era Sharon Horgan. Read full review
80
DeciderJoel KellerMar 6, 2024
Season 2 Review: Extraordinary continues to mine humor from well-written characters and a finely-tuned ensemble, using its superhero conceit only occasionally. Read full review
80
iNeil ArmstrongMar 6, 2024
Season 2 Review: Like the first series, this one ends on a cliffhanger. Tyers has signed up to do four if Disney wants them and so a third season, at least, for Jen and the gang seems a certainty. Extraordinary is a superhero show with real staying power. Read full review
80
The GuardianRebecca NicholsonMar 6, 2024
Season 2 Review: This is sparky, raucous comedy that tears through each of its 30-minute episodes with such energy that it never outstays its welcome. Read full review
80
iNeil ArmstrongNov 14, 2023
Season 1 Review: The show is surreal and subversive, funny and filthy. It’s packed with off-the-wall jokes and visual gags and a twist towards the end of the first episode delivers an unexpected emotional kick that took me by surprise. Read full review
80
The Daily BeastKyndall CunninghamJan 25, 2023
Season 1 Review: Sharply entertaining. It may not be as splashy or attention-grabbing as Hulu’s other offerings, but it certainly has a level of clarity and confidence regarding its thesis that’s missing from more experimental streaming programs as of late. Read full review
80
The TelegraphBenji WilsonJan 25, 2023
Season 1 Review: Extraordinary’s superpower is its freshness. It’s not always extraordinary, but it’s never dull. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonJan 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: Gleefully crude, rude, lewd and almost unfailingly likable eight-part series that is quite the unusual thing—a sci-fi-inflected coming-of-age story and a sitcom that’s actually funny. Read full review
80
The New York TimesMike HaleJan 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: It has a lot of fun playing with the conventions of that currently dominant genre, but it is equally representative of some other favorite modes of the Walt Disney Company: the sentimental buddy comedy and the inspirational triumph-of-the-underdog tale. There are many ways that blend could go wrong, but the show’s various strains are combined in a charming and consistently amusing fashion by its creator and writer, Emma Moran. Read full review
75
IndieWireSteve GreeneJan 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: As a whole, this first season does leave room for exploration and improvement. But as a start, it’s more than enough to prove that “Extraordinary” has some special abilities to keep it going, whether or not its main character has them too. Read full review
70
DeciderJoel KellerJan 25, 2023
Season 1 Review: The first episode of Extraordinary sets up a pretty funny premise; we just hope that the joke that everyone in the world has powers except Jen doesn’t quickly wear out when the novelty of it does. Read full review
67
ColliderAbby CavenaughJan 23, 2023
Season 1 Review: All in all, Extraordinary is an enjoyable comedy with some funny moments and an endearing story at its heart. Maybe you won't laugh as much as you'd hoped, but you will have a fun ride regardless. Read full review
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