- Network: HULU
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 31, 2019
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Jettisoning the film’s narrow focus on social gatherings doesn’t free up the series so much as leave it unmoored, a muddled spiderweb of relationships that only occasionally manifests some moving development. ... But the most galling thing about this new Four Weddings and a Funeral is how downright unimaginative the rest of it is.
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Even if you're a sucker for rom-com cliches--declarations of love in the pouring rain, check--this cloying and clumsy rehash may harden your heart. [5- 18 Aug 2019, p.11]
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Dreary and predictable. ... I would not want to sit with any of the characters in this adaptation. Everyone is either lousy or boring or both. ... The show is a strange misfire at every level. The self-conscious references to other rom-coms make it seem even worse in comparison.
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The mood they [co-creators Mindy Kaling and Matt Warburton] are going for in this poorly conceived and surprisingly clumsy series version eludes their grasp, no matter that Curtis himself is credited as a producer.
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The series starts off in a boggle and never really resets, flitting around trying to find both tone and purpose. Any ties to the film are…remote.
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The lack of novelty wouldn’t be a problem if the team behind this reboot had managed to recreate the witty, propulsive feel of the movie. Instead, episodes get bogged down in the friends’ daily lives, providing more mundane backstory than any Four Weddings fan could want. The dialogue is rough; instead of tapping into the literary sensibilities of British comedy, Kaling and co. exploit the London backdrop for broad stereotypes about upper-class and (more egregiously) low-income English people alike.