High Fidelity
HULU | Release Date: February 14, 2020
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesMargaret LyonsFeb 14, 2020
Season 1 Review: I get that the main character is afraid to commit, but her show seems afraid to commit, too. At 10 episodes, it still feels superficial — beautiful, certainly, with an aesthetic that’s glowy but never sweaty, but vague. Read full review
60
The GuardianAdrian HortonFeb 14, 2020
Season 1 Review: The result is a show which is sometimes grating yet sneakily beguiling, in the way that beautiful, curated messiness can be. Read full review
60
VarietyDaniel D'AddarioFeb 3, 2020
Season 1 Review: The story needs more help than Kravitz can give it, leaning on a fairly simple and uninteresting sort-of-love-triangle (she misses her ex, who is now engaged to someone else) that would not exist without coincidence and fairly unbelievable behavior on the part of all parties. ... Sometimes, though, this (despite it all!) very watchable show snaps into being something more. Read full review
50
NewsdayRobert LevinFeb 18, 2020
Season 1 Review: The creators of this "High Fidelity" TV series fail to expand on the material to the point where 10 episodes can be sustained. Read full review
40
ColliderKristen LopezFeb 14, 2020
Season 1 Review: High Fidelity may have a rollicking soundtrack, both on-screen and in its pace, but its depth is fairly shallow. Read full review
40
Washington PostHank StueverFeb 13, 2020
Season 1 Review: The cynical prickliness of the material — along with Rob’s incessant fourth-wall narration, describing her woe-is-me mismanagement of her own feelings — is too easily recognizable as a forgery. Read full review
40
The New YorkerTroy PattersonFeb 6, 2020
Season 1 Review: “High Fidelity” has always concerned itself with nostalgia for youthful heartbreak, but, this time around, the mists of memory haze obscure the hero. The show unfolds in some atemporal nostalgia zone; Rob seems like a middle-aged person’s idealized view of a heartbroken young person. The song remains the same, but the playback device is somehow obsolete. Read full review
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