MacGruber (2021)

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Season 1
  • Network: Peacock
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 16, 2021
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
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Critic Reviews

  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Steve Greene
    Dec 16, 2021
    83
    Goofy dresses, goofy names, goofy voices, or that trusty tape deck, “MacGruber” has everything you could want from a comedy homecoming nearly a dozen years in the making.
  2. Consequence
    Reviewed by: Liz Shannon Miller
    Dec 15, 2021
    83
    There’s an awful lot of classic James Bond in the mix here as well, if James Bond drank Molsons and talked a lot about his dick.
  3. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Nick Allen
    Dec 16, 2021
    80
    "MacGruber" the show is about as stupidly funny as you would hope. ... When it gets back to Forte and whatever dimwitted plan is forming in MacGruber's head, this series proves why the character deserves such an epic resurrection, and a second season.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Kristen Baldwin
    Feb 8, 2022
    75
    A fun binge for fans of Forte and/or "whoever smelt it dealt it" jokes. [Feb 2022, p.101]
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  6. Collider
    Reviewed by: Ross Bonaime
    Dec 16, 2021
    75
    MacGruber is all about making the most with very little, and the MacGruber series certainly knows how to recycle what has worked in the past effectively and with hilarious results.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Dec 15, 2021
    70
    In all, whether “MacGruber” works for you, or doesn’t, will depend on your patience for sophomoric puns and your knowledge of and deep interest in soldier-of-fortune flicks. But while much of the show can leave the uninitiated cold, its unity of tone, and its ability to keep spinning its simple premise into madness, are genuinely impressive. Chalk up another win for Forte’s unkillable hero.

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 6 out of 16
  1. mlou24
    Dec 21, 2021
    1
    Not funny with stale material and very predictable jokes. That about sums it up.
  2. UncleWillard
    Dec 16, 2021
    0
    I didn't find it funny on SNL, so it's a no for me. In fact, outside of a few cameos, I don't find Will Forte very funny. He's great when heI didn't find it funny on SNL, so it's a no for me. In fact, outside of a few cameos, I don't find Will Forte very funny. He's great when he shows up as a secondary character in a skit or on someone else's show, but I don't think he's solid enough to carry a show by himself. Take Last Man on Earth for example. The real winners were everyone else on the show, tbh. He was just the annoying foil to them, but never really grew as a character. I guess that could be funny, but more often than not, it was just plain annoying.… Full Review »
  3. Voodoo123
    Feb 2, 2022
    6
    Silly yet entertaining with a surprising high production value to it. Worth a watch if you dont mind switching off for some cheap jokes.
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