Inside Amy Schumer
Comedy Central | Paramount+ | Release Date: April 30, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
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Entertainment WeeklyMelissa MaerzApr 30, 2013
Season 1 Review: There’s something communal about Schumer’s approach to comedy. It’s not just about punchlines. It’s about conversations. And she makes the women around her seem funnier, just by letting them in on the joke. Some of the best moments happen when she’s interviewing people, inspiring the type of real talk you don’t often get to hear once you’ve outgrown the girls’ locker room. Read full review
91
NewsdayVerne GayApr 18, 2016
Season 4 Review: Fans will be happy, but you newbies have been warned--the vulgarity will blow your hair back, or right off. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubRyan McGeeMar 31, 2014
Season 2 Review: When Inside Amy Schumer commits fully to that work, it’s television unlike almost anything else on the air today. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyKristen BaldwinOct 21, 2022
Season 5 Review: Not everything works in the two episodes made available for review, but even the ones that miss elicit a few chuckles. You can't ask for more from sketch comedy than that — except maybe the chance to hear Jon Glaser say the words "monthly drippy-drips." Read full review
83
IndieWireLiz Shannon MillerApr 29, 2016
Season 4 Review: Between Seasons 3 and 4, Schumer became a bonafide movie star, but instead of treating "Inside" like a day job, she's continuing to use it as a platform. Sometimes she strikes out, but she's still got a hell of a swing. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisApr 15, 2014
Season 2 Review: While not all of the ensuing skits work as well, plenty of gags land, ahem, hard. [18/25 Apr 2014, p.102]
83
NewsdayDiane WertsApr 29, 2013
Season 1 Review: Her shrewd, straightforward perspective and her semisweet, offhand attitude make her reflections fresh and relatable. Read full review
80
Rolling StoneAlan SepinwallOct 19, 2022
Season 5 Review: Great comedy can come from a place of rage and indignation — that was the default mode for the late, lamented Full Frontal with Samantha Bee — but it’s a tougher needle to thread than, say, when Schumer satirized Friday Night Lights or Aaron Sorkin. ... Mostly, though, the new stuff works by finding ways to unleash the fury of Schumer and the other writers while maintaining a sillier vibe. Read full review
80
TimeJames PoniewozikApr 21, 2015
Season 3 Review: At its best--and the first three episodes of the season among the show’s best--Amy Schumer’s comedy is often intensely about herself. Read full review
80
Yahoo TVKen TuckerApr 21, 2015
Season 3 Review: The new season of Inside Amy Schumer is very funny, and, just below its surface, very thoughtful. Read full review
80
SalonSonia SaraiyaApr 20, 2015
Season 3 Review: In this third season, Inside Amy Schumer’s satire is sharper than ever, taking the contradictions of our world’s approach to gender and pushing them to the farthest logical extent. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushApr 1, 2014
Season 2 Review: Inside Amy Schumer is triumphantly raunchy as it toggles between stand-up vignettes, person-on-the-street interviews and barbed sketches with a gamy sting. Read full review
70
The Daily BeastKyndall CunninghamOct 19, 2022
Season 5 Review: Season 5 of Inside Amy Schumer is another amusing showcase of the comedian’s deftness when she sticks to what she knows rather than trying to comment on a larger spectrum of issues, like too many progressive comics aim to do. ... Overall, the series’ post-Trump comedy feels more relaxed and less concerned with having something important to say. At times, that lack of urgency or desire to feel timely is refreshing; some solid counterprogramming to Ziwe or Saturday Night Live. Other times, the show comes off as unenthusiastic about its own existence. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydOct 18, 2022
Season 5 Review: Fans will find the same puckish feminist flavor as before, with perhaps a few more politically pointed punchlines. (Not surprising, given the times.) These can seem a little obvious. ... At its best, Schumer’s work goes off on unexpected tangents. ... The sketches are accompanied less effectively by short “behind the scenes” comments from Schumer and her team. Read full review
70
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 27, 2014
Season 2 Review: As with all sketch comedy shows, not every bit connects.... And yet every time you’re tempted to suggest that Inside Amy Schumer could potentially succumb to a sophomore slump, the writers bring it back around. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterAllison KeeneApr 30, 2013
Season 1 Review: In its scripted segments, the series is stylishly produced, and its wit is dry while its tone is bubbly. Not every segment is a hit, but the ones that are deserve to be quoted, repeated and discussed. Read full review
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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenApr 30, 2013
Season 1 Review: Schumer is brash, outspoken, bold, raunchy and tomboyish enough to fit right in and her show is often quite funny for viewers (especially men) who are not easily offended. Read full review
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