Love Life

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO Max
  • Series Premiere Date: May 27, 2020
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
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Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    May 29, 2020
    80
    Love Life' is pretty good show that has fine performances, starting with an Emmy-worthy turn from Anna Kendrick.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    May 27, 2020
    80
    Just when a viewer thinks the show is mainly frosting with little to no cake, “Love Life” steers into far more substantial and surprising territory. By the middle episodes, Darby hits some real road bumps. ... Say what you must about Kendrick’s trademark cutesiness, it’s her acting chops that really pay off here. ... “Love Life” evolves into a serious rumination on self-awareness.
  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    May 26, 2020
    80
    Endearing even when she's being aggravating, Kendrick lets us in on Darby's deep-rooted insecurities. [25 May - 7 Jun 2020, p.2]
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  5. Vanity Fair
    Reviewed by: Richard Lawson
    May 27, 2020
    70
    Love Life manages to wrestle some piquant insights out of its limited constraints. The writing is keen to the subtle pleasures and indignities of sex and love, the frustrations that arise out of regular problems rather than the outsized absolutes so often created for TV. ... Kendrick is more compelling in the serious moments than she is with the funny stuff, as is true of the show on the whole.
  6. Collider
    Reviewed by: Allie Gemmill
    May 18, 2020
    67
    No matter which way you slice it, it’s evident from the first seven episodes I was able to screen the team behind and in front of the Love Life cameras is a shrewd one keen to freshen up a very familiar premise.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Kristen Baldwin
    May 18, 2020
    67
    Creator Sam Boyd has given us a female protagonist who is not only very familiar, she seems to be living by a set of rules that are distressingly outdated. ... Love Life is at its best when it examines how Darby's non-romantic connections influence her approach to finding a significant other.
  8. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    May 21, 2020
    62
    “Love Life” lacks the HBO edge but it’s still the HBOiest of HBO Max’s early offerings, even as the characterization of Kendrick’s Darby is closer to Ally McBeal than Lena Dunham’s Hannah on “Girls.”

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User Score
4.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. bzager
    Jan 6, 2021
    1
    The problem with Anna Kendrick is that she's Anna Kendrick all the time. Whether she is in musical productions, hawking hotel rentals orThe problem with Anna Kendrick is that she's Anna Kendrick all the time. Whether she is in musical productions, hawking hotel rentals or changing lovers with ease, she never stops being Anna Kendrick.… Full Review »
  2. lmkas1
    Jun 13, 2020
    8
    It's not the perfect love story but that's ok. It's messy and doesn't give you the most satisfying conclusion but that is what life is... it'sIt's not the perfect love story but that's ok. It's messy and doesn't give you the most satisfying conclusion but that is what life is... it's not perfect, it leaves much to be desired and that is ok because perfection is a fantasy and unrealistic.… Full Review »
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