Flight of the Conchords
HBO | Release Date: June 17, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: TV's most original and irresistible new comic concoction. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: "Flight of the Conchords" may well be the funniest thing you've seen in ages and -- at least for a half hour -- answers the question of whether HBO has any good shows left. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 2 Review: The level of cleverness of Flight of the Conchords is off the charts. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: There are no big sociopolitical statements here, no guerilla-style confrontations, no scenes of squirmy awkwardness, no multilayered pop culture references. It's just a very smart, very funny show. Read full review
88
New York PostAdam Buckman
Season 1 Review: You should be there on Sunday night to see the premiere of something new and hilarious, and completely different. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineJimmy Newlin
Season 2 Review: The duo's knack for a peculiarly modest zaniness is shared with the brilliant supporting cast. Read full review
80
PopMattersDaynah Burnett
Season 1 Review: Though the show occasionally lapses into the “cringe comedy” mode, made popular by "The Office" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Flight of the Conchords" is also quite sweet. Read full review
80
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 2 Review: And as the new season begins, it becomes clear that gags are easier to write in abundance than gag lyrics. The non-melodic portions of the show are still a scream. Read full review
80
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 2 Review: Although this series isn't for everybody, it's the kind of solid single HBO can use while waiting for a new batch of heavy hitters to arrive; it's a refreshing favorite within the YouTube quadrant that won't leave their elders muttering about the crap those damn kids watch. Read full review
80
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 2 Review: It's so funny and so well-done on so many levels, the Conchords definitely deserve to be discovered by a wide TV audience. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 2 Review: That the two men are in their 30s makes their perseverance more poignant--to somewhat overstate the case--and that they have no money places them in a long and honorable line of comedians who cannot put two cents together to buy a glass of seltzer. Read full review
80
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 2 Review: The second season of HBO's Flight of the Conchords offers another wave of quirky hilarity of the very highest caliber, from Bret pawning his guitar to pay the rent, then mimicking guitar-playing while humming his part onstage, to Jemaine looking to supplement the duo's income with a little freelance prostitution. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 2 Review: Nothing's less funny than a comedy that tries too hard. But Flight of the Conchords pulls off the neat trick of being amusing without appearing to try at all. Read full review
70
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: The charms of this series are subtle, but only grow over the course of the first few episodes. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: “Flight of the Conchords” is funny in such an understated way that it is almost dangerous to make too much of it. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: "Flight of the Conchords" is one of the few TV comedies that truly can be called unique. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike Hale
Season 2 Review: Season 2 begins on Sunday, and the off-kilter charm is still there, though some strain is beginning to show. Read full review
67
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 2 Review: In the early Season 2 episodes, the strain shows in the songs, which service the plot but aren't as memorable as the old ones. But the scripts are as funny and tightly written as ever. Read full review
60
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: The guys are so polite and harmless that it's hard to dislike them even when they repeat themselves in such a short span. Read full review
60
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: "Flight of the Conchords" isn't brilliant, but it isn't awful, either, just familiar, with two likable stars who seem to be channeling the deadpan dry wit of an old Beatles movie. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: "Flight" is pretty much a snooze until the music starts, at which point the show kicks up into something quite weird and occasionally wonderful. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: Its two leads, the New Zealand music-comedy duo of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, are deadpan and clever but so cloyingly doofy that they're not only tough to root for but difficult to watch for extended periods as well. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: As a series, it could be a lot better, but there's no denying the appeal of the two musicians. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: A silly flight of fancy. Read full review
30
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: This can be dryly funny in small doses, but Conchords really feels less like a sitcom than a Saturday Night Live sketch stretched out to about six times its shelf-life. Read full review
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