Fleishman Is in Trouble

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Season 1
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 17, 2022
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20

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  1. AncientAmber
    Nov 21, 2022
    6
    Two episodes in here. It's just fine light entertainment. The comedy is gentle and fine, the premise is an intriguing approach to familiar themes.

    Downsides include the voiceover, which always bugs me unless done very well. Here, it adds almost nothing and tells rather than shows. The acting is a bit mixed in quality. Claire Danes is obviously perfect, Lizzy Caplan is good, but I'm a    Two episodes in here. It's just fine light entertainment. The comedy is gentle and fine, the premise is an intriguing approach to familiar themes.

    Downsides include the voiceover, which always bugs me unless done very well. Here, it adds almost nothing and tells rather than shows.

    The acting is a bit mixed in quality. Claire Danes is obviously perfect, Lizzy Caplan is good, but I'm a bit iffy on Eisenberg. He does approach the role without ego, but for me he's just not quite good enough at portraying the subtleties and nuances that his role requires.    … Expand
  2. Formenager
    Dec 29, 2022
    6
    I don't really know if the show is in fact a satire. It shows the "problems" that some mid to high class jews had to suffer, which, you can imagine, most people would like to have.
  3. WatchinMovies
    Jan 6, 2023
    4
    What a trite subject carried out by unfunny actors and a production not really worthy of much. Our overall view is "Not worth watching in spite of Critics reviews."

Awards & Rankings

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#60 Best TV Season of 2022
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#85 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. The Observer (UK)
    Reviewed by: Barbara Ellen
    Sep 10, 2024
    60
    There are problems beyond the endlessly yapping voiceover. I don’t recall the Toby of the novel being such a tiresome, self-righteous whinger. Unlike in the book, his dating app escapades appear dated and sleazy. Ultimately, Fleishman Is in Trouble is strongest when viewed as a fortysomething New York cautionary tale.
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    Reviewed by: Marianne Levy
    Feb 22, 2023
    100
    Illuminating and destabilising, Fleishman Is in Trouble is the kind of show that makes you want to grab people by the shoulders and shake them, to shout "watch this!"
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  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Feb 22, 2023
    80
    The narration is sharp and there are countless good lines – “Toby liked to say that the end of his marriage happened like the fall of Rome – slowly, then all at once” – but it keeps the audience at a certain remove. But maybe that’s a good thing: best not to get totally immersed in these awful lives.
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