Kidding

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 9, 2018
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 33
  3. Negative: 1 out of 33
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  1. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 22, 2018
    35
    None of this plays as interesting or funny as it sounds on the printed page. Carrey's Mr. Pickles is tortuously unappealing, a smiley-faced drip in need of a hard slapping. And Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time itself is on the screen, it's light years past unbearable.

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#84 Best TV Season of 2018
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#53 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018
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#75 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 102 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 102
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 102
  3. Negative: 11 out of 102
  1. imthenoob
    Sep 9, 2018
    10
    How is this show barely past a 60 overall score? The cast is brilliant, Especially Carrey, Langella and Keener. And what I like most about itHow is this show barely past a 60 overall score? The cast is brilliant, Especially Carrey, Langella and Keener. And what I like most about it is that the comedy isn't predictable, There are so many well-planned setups for punchlines that come later on and when they hit, they hit hard. I've laughed out loud many times watching the first two episodes and I don't do that often.… Full Review »
  2. GuiCosta123
    Sep 3, 2018
    9
    It is clear in its first episode that both Jim and Gondry wanted to explore a complex character, that being both: Mr. Pickles and Jeff. TheseIt is clear in its first episode that both Jim and Gondry wanted to explore a complex character, that being both: Mr. Pickles and Jeff. These two personalities that are contained in the body of Carrey, where he does an outstanding display of the two beings; it is clear that these two fictional entities are close to Carrey's current life status, as there is a subtle conflict slowing brewing in this first episode that accentuates how an amazing and underrated dramatic actor Carrey is. That, coupled with the excellent and unpredictable writing of Dave Holstein, that has an anatomy of existential storytelling inhabited in its DNA, highlights the turbulent, chaotic, and wholly unpredictable world that is displayed In 'Kidding' through the eyes of Jeff/Mr. Pickles. Which, its subtly unique cinematography and lighting, that seems like the whole episode was shot in a theatre; possibly emphasizing the concept that we're all in a stage play called life, filled with its unpredictability and uncertainty of the future, where we are awaiting for our denouement (death). However, I just wished we delved a bit more into Carrey's character ; just getting an additional amount of complexity, conflict, and pathos, but I'm certain that they'll do that in the following episodes.… Full Review »
  3. kapiko007
    Sep 4, 2018
    9
    Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's television, a beacon of kindness and wisdom to America's impressionable young minds; when hisJeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's television, a beacon of kindness and wisdom to America's impressionable young minds; when his family begins to implode, Jeff finds that no fairy tale, fable or puppet can guide him through the crisis. https://fetlife.vip/ https://imvu.onl/ https://canva.onl/… Full Review »
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