Hoops

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 21, 2020
Metascore
35

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 6 out of 9
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Critic Reviews

  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Caroline Framke
    Aug 20, 2020
    30
    [“Hoops” doesn’t] seem to have much interest in evolving its characters beyond their most basic loglines. That wouldn’t be as much of an issue for a foulmouthed animated comedy if it weren’t for the fact that this foulmouthed animated comedy isn’t half the joke machine it would need to be in order to justify its total lack of nuance.
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Aug 20, 2020
    30
    Hoops is a show about an immature man and his immature teenage charges that doesn’t aspire to anything more than making immature jokes and then, often, repeating those same immature jokes. ... There is some funny buried in Hoops, if you can get past the more off-putting moments to find it. But that’s hard to do.
  3. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Oct 5, 2020
    25
    “Hoops” is animated because no network would greenlight a show about an asshole like Ben Hopkins if it were live-action. That may be just barely enough for the most loyal Jake Johnson fans. Everyone else should find another game, cartoon, or literally anything else to watch.
  5. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Aug 21, 2020
    25
    Hoffman is happy creating a world where Ben can get away with stuff like this without learning his lesson or offering any applicable commentary. There’s no satire here, or anything beyond the surface-level ugliness. That’s not to say there aren’t other characters, but none are fleshed out enough to stand out. ... The profane repetition is only numbing. Hitting the horse harder doesn’t make you laugh at the abuser. It just makes you feel sorry for the horse.
  6. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Stuart Jeffries
    Aug 21, 2020
    20
    It is filled with hateful stereotypes.
  7. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Nick Allen
    Aug 21, 2020
    10
    “Hoops” proves that excessive cussing is just like canned laughter when it comes to comedy, in that abuse of either shows the extent of a show's desperation. Ben's profane outrage becomes tiresome pretty quickly.

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User Score
3.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 13 out of 21
  1. metabad
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    One episode was enough, I simply couldn't take any more of it.

    Yes, a show can be rude, vulgar, silly and totally gross. But if it's    One episode was enough, I simply couldn't take any more of it.

    Yes, a show can be rude, vulgar, silly and totally gross.
    But if it's supposed to be a comedy, it has to be funny!
    It's full of lame, boring, unfunny characters no one gives a crap about!
    Poor Jake Johnson. Maybe he saw the finished show and hoped it wouldn't be released, but no such luck!

    The most obvious question is: Who greenlit this?
    But I cannot help but to think that now, because of the current situation, they're throwing things at us that had been previously shelved, for good reasons (unfunny!), but now they're running out of shows and we get to watch what's left in the 'vault'.

    Did I say it's totally unfunny? Maybe. But to be sure:
    TOTALLY UNFUNNY CRAP!    … Full Review »
  2. ScienceAdvisor
    Aug 30, 2020
    1
    This is supposed to be a comedy, made by people that have no idea what it is, or how to accomplish it.

    Transhflix really needs to stop    This is supposed to be a comedy, made by people that have no idea what it is, or how to accomplish it.

    Transhflix really needs to stop automatically green lighting everything that is presented to them.    … Full Review »
  3. MrTibster
    Aug 25, 2020
    0
    I've got no issues if a show is vulgar, or disgusting, or rude, that's why I love South Park, that show is amazing.

    I do have a a problem    I've got no issues if a show is vulgar, or disgusting, or rude, that's why I love South Park, that show is amazing.

    I do have a a problem with a show when its vulgar, and disgusting, and rude, and its boring and unfunny beyond human comprehension. This is awful, like truly awful. Between this and Cursed, Netflix have released some complete rubbish this year.    … Full Review »
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