Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce

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Season 1
  • Network: Bravo
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 2, 2014
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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Critic Reviews

  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Lori Rackl
    Dec 1, 2014
    100
    Bravo’s first original non-reality TV series is a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking story about an L.A.-based self-help author.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: LaToya Ferguson
    Dec 2, 2014
    91
    It’s sad, it’s funny, and it’s surprising.
  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Dec 1, 2014
    91
    Edelstein’s pitch-perfect performance elevates Girlfriends’ Guide to one of the best new series of the season.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Dec 2, 2014
    80
    This one is smartly acted, crisply written and willing to address all manner of issues--marriage, betrayal, family economics, friendship, even the pitfalls of public domesticity--in gratifyingly complex ways.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Dec 1, 2014
    80
    You want to watch more episodes of this series not just because it’s funny, but because it understands that the emotionally complex elements of loving someone, marrying them and having kids with them are probably the reasons marriage tears two people apart over time.
  7. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Dec 1, 2014
    80
    It is, along with the raunch, the flinty outlook, the “War of the Roses” echoes, and the fun, also about the pull of marriage. Thanks to the aforementioned fine performances, it’s a guide that entices.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Dec 1, 2014
    80
    Girlfriends’ Guide is for the most part a pleasure, and unlike a lot of the network’s series, there’s nothing guilty about that.
  9. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Vicki Hyman
    Dec 2, 2014
    75
    What makes a marriage work, and what sacrifices are worth its maintenance and upkeep, are plumbed here with surprising dexterity.
  10. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Dec 2, 2014
    75
    Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce is a smart, solid examination of just how messy relationships are and how hard it is to make them work.
  11. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Amy Amatangelo
    Dec 1, 2014
    75
    The series is fun and frothy but also often poignant.
  12. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Dec 2, 2014
    70
    Girlfriends’ Guide, loosely based on the series of books by Vicki Iovine, is, like most of Bravo’s shows, extremely entertaining, the TV equivalent of a great beach read.
  13. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    Dec 1, 2014
    70
    It could easily be terrible, but the first two episodes are surprisingly entertaining, and one reason is that the show stars Lisa Edelstein and Janeane Garofalo.
  14. Time
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Dec 1, 2014
    70
    Edelstein’s sympathetic performance grounds a show that often otherwise plays like young-adult fiction for actual adults. For every raw, bitter moment, there are many Hollywood caricatures and swank party scenes to make the cocktail go down easier.