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. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Apr 24, 2015
    83
    As rare as its humor can be, it bites with every appearance. Moreover, it's a show that challenges its viewer every step of the way and isn't afraid to make big, bold declarative statements.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Apr 23, 2015
    80
    The script is by novelist and essayist Shalom Auslander, who created the show, and it is remarkably tight, thought-provoking, literary, and jeweled with absurdist wit.
  3. The Wrap
    Reviewed by: Jordan Burchette
    Apr 23, 2015
    80
    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.
  5. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Tirdad Derakhshani
    Apr 23, 2015
    80
    It's an intelligent, surreal, mildly outrageous--and most certainly outraged--satire of life in post-industrial America.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Melissa Maerz
    Apr 27, 2015
    75
    At its worst, Happyish feels like the mighty yawp of aging hipsters who are bitter for no good reason and weirdly out of touch with the way culture works. At its best, though, it’s like nothing else on TV.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Elisabeth Vincentelli
    Apr 27, 2015
    63
    At this point, there’s just too much good TV out there to bother with yet another just-OK show.

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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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