Happyish

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 26, 2015
Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 31
  3. Negative: 5 out of 31
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Critic Reviews

  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Apr 23, 2015
    37
    Thom believes happiness is an unattainable myth, and his artsy, aggravating series does its best to prove him right.
  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Seth Stevenson
    Apr 23, 2015
    30
    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.
  3. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Apr 21, 2015
    30
    The dialogue in Happyish sounds forced and overly written from minute one.
  5. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Chuck Bowen
    Apr 20, 2015
    25
    The series is stricken with an insufferable inferiority complex.
  6. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Apr 24, 2015
    20
    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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User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 39
  3. Negative: 8 out of 39
  1. blazhennyi
    May 4, 2015
    9
    This show is of a piece with Transparent and Togetherness & Married - Self-aware middle class/mid-life existential crises ricocheting throughThis show is of a piece with Transparent and Togetherness & Married - Self-aware middle class/mid-life existential crises ricocheting through family/friendships. The fantasy-fulfilment sequences are surprisingly good and the inspired casting of Coogan - I can't help but imagine this was a stroke of luck as Hoffman's presence would have overwhelmed- is a pleasant surprise. The 'profanity' may jar in the American ear, but from my view, the humor is savvy and does not resort to toilet humor as implied by other reviews.… Full Review »
  2. msaluja
    Sep 13, 2015
    10
    Bring this show back! This is one of the wittiest shows that hit at the heart of anyone. You can relate to the characters and the acting isBring this show back! This is one of the wittiest shows that hit at the heart of anyone. You can relate to the characters and the acting is suberb! Please bring this show back, I am shocked that is gone after one season when it blows most shows away.… Full Review »
  3. momus
    Jun 9, 2015
    8
    Happyish is not for everyone. At times it is pseudo-intellectual , cynical, and has that disillusioned arrogance towards the world oneHappyish is not for everyone. At times it is pseudo-intellectual , cynical, and has that disillusioned arrogance towards the world one associates from a second semester college freshman. That being said a show like Happyish is needed on cable. It is witty, in your face cathartic fun that everyone needs. The existential crises that mark the shows center are not that of heady philosophy classes but those of commuting workers who have those moments in which nothing else is occupying them and thus are forced to face what life at such an age is. This show has yet to really find its pace but if it does, and tones back the eye rolling, it has potential to go the distance.… Full Review »
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