Friends From College

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 14, 2017
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 63
  3. Negative: 13 out of 63
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  1. alwjlo
    Jul 28, 2017
    3
    Its difficult to decipher why I often cringed watching Season 1 of "Friends from College". it could have been the desperate attempts to cheaply use the recognizable actors for what they're good at, " Let's make Keegan Michael Key speak in a silly voice here" or "let's have Kate McKinnon act as insane as possible here." It could have been that it hit too close to home, especially theIts difficult to decipher why I often cringed watching Season 1 of "Friends from College". it could have been the desperate attempts to cheaply use the recognizable actors for what they're good at, " Let's make Keegan Michael Key speak in a silly voice here" or "let's have Kate McKinnon act as insane as possible here." It could have been that it hit too close to home, especially the post-marriage, pre-motherhood struggles of Cobie Smulder's Lisa. Regardless, the show was hard to watch, lacking a certain balance that is needed to make a successful dramady. Slapstick gags and emotionally-crippling irony don't mix. Given the cast, and the standout performance of Fred Savage as the adorably subtle and at- times naive Max, I wanted to like this show but was left disappointed.… Expand
  2. raphdical
    Feb 1, 2019
    0
    ugh, this was one of the worst show i have ever saw, like really bad writting, and unlikeable characters, and also a such a bad humour so bad you laugh of how stupid the jokes are, i feel bad for all the people involved in this show, because i guess some careers just will die!

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#74 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017

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Metascore
44

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 31
  3. Negative: 12 out of 31
  1. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Jul 17, 2017
    30
    Stoller shapes each episode to indulge the performers’ idiosyncrasies as opposed to servicing the story or character development, and the result is a flimsy story somewhat flogged into shape by hammy eccentricity.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Jul 17, 2017
    50
    Friends From College is largely uncomfortable to watch, although when it’s funny, it can be brilliant. The show’s biggest crime is that it overestimates its audience’s tolerance for watching people screw up.
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  3. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Jul 14, 2017
    80
    The script, when it's going for laughs, is absolutely riotous. The scenes taking place in the frat-boy bullpen at Lisa's new hedge fund office—favorite on-going prank: during conversations with SEC compliance officers, they mute their end of the call, then drop trou and rub their junk on the phone—are pee-your-pants hilarious.
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