Lucky Hank

AMC | Release Date: March 19, 2023

7.4	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Ratings

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RincemacMay 8, 2023

Bob Odenkirk. That name is now gilded with advance laurels since his brilliant rendition of Saul Goodman in the Breaking Bad original & especially the so-named Prequel series. But is it enough to carry what is supposed to be a "real life" orBob Odenkirk. That name is now gilded with advance laurels since his brilliant rendition of Saul Goodman in the Breaking Bad original & especially the so-named Prequel series. But is it enough to carry what is supposed to be a "real life" or rather mid-life (crisis) serialized "comedy/drama"? I'd say the first episodes have proven that the answer for me is a reverberating "nope".

The series has the title "Hero" Hank meandering as a lustless, emotionally deprived and professionally and humanly unsatisfied professor of English studies in a middling, mid-country US university. He is surrounded with equally dissatisfied co-workers and a family that either is disinterested or has been flying apart. Performances are kind of underwhelming, including that of the title Hero's - but that is down to the subject matter, which let's be honest, is every 2nd "knowledge worker's" personal life being drawn on screen.

Do I want to flee my daily life by looking into some other everydayman's boring and dull existence, where they lustlessly go through their motions, trying to "sabotage" others that are just as bored, disappointed as they are in a never-ending slow grind towards their inevitable deaths?

The answer for me is a clear "nope", and I'd rather have someone try to make some truly deep characters along the lines of Walther White and Saul Goodman, if you want to go down the "Drama road" in all its darkness. If you wanted to explore the whimsical, something I haven't seen in a long time, try to find another Hal from Malcolm in the Middle, where Modern Family drifted off into the "satisfy everyone" niche too quickly.

This one is an unfortunate "third time's not the charm" for a big B. Odenkirk series - even though I hoped for a bit more, the trite everyday overpaid and underworked "University shtick" is a) so far away from Joe Everywoman and b) so drawn-out and sadly close to what must be a lot of people's real lifes that I am happy to pass on watching it further.… Expand

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JoeCoffeeAug 2, 2023

Well, it's a change of character for Odenkirk, and the setting is fresh for a series, but it's not half as clever as the writer(s) think it is. Every characters sounds the same - witty - and the zingers fly back and forth, ad nauseam. It'sWell, it's a change of character for Odenkirk, and the setting is fresh for a series, but it's not half as clever as the writer(s) think it is. Every characters sounds the same - witty - and the zingers fly back and forth, ad nauseam. It's really not much different than the 70s series where the dialogue consisted of one put-down after another. Way too precious. Sure isn't going to convert anyone with a hyper-sensitivity toward liberal education.… Expand

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