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Critic Reviews
Apr 23, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Happish is impressive as it convincingly drives themes of selling, selling out, anger, whoredom, mortality and the true meaning of happiness--and whether it’s even attainable--drawing upon established talents such as Ellen Barkin, Carrie Preston, Molly Price and Andre Royo. They provide Coogan, Hahn and Whitford with great foils and sounding boards for both the mundane and serious matters addressed.
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Apr 24, 2015
Season 1 Review:
If I’ve left the impression that Happyish isn’t a laugh-fest, I’ve done my job. But the show is not without its pleasures. As I said, Coogan and Hahn have good chemistry, and there are some genuinely funny moments (none of which I can recall now). Ellen Barkin is exceedingly welcome any time she pops up briefly as Thom’s profane pal.
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Apr 24, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Happyish emphasizes over-the-top profanity and a lot of anger at its surface. Dig deeper and there are some interesting ideas in play but getting past the show’s predilection for rants may ask too much of viewers who may share some of the same frustrations as the characters.
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Apr 23, 2015
Season 1 Review:
[Shalom Auslande's] worldview is one part Christopher Hitchens, one part Samuel Beckett, one part Louis CK.... If all that makes his funny-ish new show sound bitter, angry, provocative and even compelling, then (well) that's because it is. But Happyish can also be wildly uneven and a little too smug in its certitude.
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Apr 3, 2015
Season 1 Review:
While Coogan is quite good, one still has to wonder what different wrinkles Hoffman might have brought to the material--or, for that matter, what so attracted either of them to a program that has its moments, but beyond the profanity-laced dialogue does little to fulfill the creative potential associated with premium cable.
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Apr 27, 2015
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Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Talented actors like Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, Bradley Whitford, and Ellen Barkin are all quite capable of bringing zingy dialogue and nuanced characters to life, when provided with such. Here, they’re provided material that’s neither very good nor very bad. It’s just kind of... crappyish.
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Apr 24, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Happyish has its head stuck so far up its rear end and is so filled with personal rage and rotten people that just a small dose of the show should easily dissuade half its viewers from sticking around. The other half will perhaps sense a melody beneath all the foul-mouthed diatribes and self-absorbed whining.
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