Grace and Frankie
Netflix | Release Date: May 8, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
18
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireBen TraversJan 22, 2018
Season 4 Review: Tomlin and Fonda have to find humor in harrowing moments and vice versa. They’re obviously up for the task, especially in the final three episodes, which set up a strong, surprising ending. Read full review
83
IndieWireBen TraversMar 24, 2017
Season 3 Review: Season 3 is as joyously unique as it is self-assured. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeMay 4, 2016
Season 2 Review: In almost every way Grace And Frankie steps up its game for its second season. Though many of the changes are subtle, they result in a season far more worthy of Tomlin and Fonda’s considerable talents. Read full review
83
IndieWireLiz Shannon MillerApr 28, 2015
Season 1 Review: It might take a little while, but Grace and Frankie has the capability to be something really, really special. And in the meantime, what we have isn't half-bad. Read full review
80
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayApr 5, 2017
Season 3 Review: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are back for 13 more episodes of Netflix's Grace and Frankie, and the third season's the most charming yet. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyMay 7, 2015
Season 1 Review: It's hard to classify Grace and Frankie except to say it’s splendid television. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyMay 7, 2015
Season 1 Review: Grace and Frankie is funny and even touching. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzApr 30, 2015
Season 1 Review: Ms.Tomlin and Ms. Fonda make an immensely potent comedy team. Together, and also separately, they’re the source of most of the ebullience, style and assorted other pleasures of Grace and Frankie, and those are considerable. Read full review
75
IndieWireBen TraversJan 18, 2019
Season 5 Review: For as much as the permanent roommate dynamic kept the show in dramatic stasis for most of Season 5, it also means Kauffman and her writing team will have to come up with a way to explore how a romantic couple and a platonic friend can live together in harmony; how a friendship and a romance can blossom under the same roof. It’s not the edgiest concept, but the value of friendship has been Kauffman’s field of study for the last three decades--how her views have developed should make for more great TV. Read full review
75
Uncle BarkyEd BarkMay 12, 2015
Season 1 Review: Viewers are advised to stay with Grace and Frankie and watch it both blossom and bear fruit. It’s not a great, game-changing series by any means. At least not yet. Read full review
75
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesChuck BarneyMay 6, 2015
Season 1 Review: The writing, which delivers humor and heartbreak in near equal measure, contains enough observational shrewdness to keep the endeavor engaging. And the performances by this all-star cast don't hurt, either. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMay 4, 2015
Season 1 Review: The 13-episode series, created by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris, is simply irresistible, mostly because Fonda and Tomlin are irresistible. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredLauren Humphries-BrooksMar 24, 2017
Season 3 Review: If there are occasional rough spots in Grace and Frankie's third season, they're more than made up for by the deepening of the relationship and the charm of the leads. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMitchel BroussardMay 6, 2016
Season 2 Review: Grace and Frankie might be tripping and stumbling down the path of their golden years, but at least Grace and Frankie itself is showing some sense of gracefully aged--if predictably presented--wisdom. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike HaleMay 4, 2016
Season 2 Review: Their characters may be distilled a little too directly from their past roles, and they can’t always bring the more ponderous dialogue to life--Ms. Tomlin sometimes seems to be reciting it in a trance. But when they’re together onscreen, they appear to be having a lot of fun, which is infectious. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydMay 8, 2015
Season 1 Review: The leads each fare better when her character is a little off base--Fonda's when she defrosts a little, Tomlin's when she toughens up--and the show is more fun when they're in a mood to cooperate than when they're trading barbs. Read full review
70
The WrapMekeisha Madden TobyMay 7, 2015
Season 1 Review: By episode three, Tomlin and Fonda find their comedic voices and cement Grace and Frankie as the candid and humorous series it truly is. Read full review
70
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMay 6, 2015
Season 1 Review: The character-based stuff is so strong that the situational stuff feels even more forced. Luckily, the cast and writing gets better as the show goes along, discarding some of the easy set-ups of the first couple episodes. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubJoshua AlstonMay 8, 2015
Season 1 Review: Grace And Frankie works better as Emmy-bait than as a well-tuned dramedy, and it’s not built for binge-watching. Read full review
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