MacGruber (2021)

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Season 1
  • Network: Peacock
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 16, 2021
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
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  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 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 annoyingI 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.… Expand
  3. Skeletor71
    Dec 28, 2021
    5
    It's Will Forte being Will Forte. He can play only one way. I liked it for a bit in The Last Man on Earth, but it's growing stale now.
  4. 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.
  5. Sonnyjunk
    Dec 31, 2021
    10
    Didn't expect much but man this is funny.. just like the movie.. Glad they kept it over the top dumb and easy to watch. This kind of humor is what the world needs right now.
  6. cantbelieve
    Dec 29, 2021
    7
    Looks great, but where are Forte and Wiig? I just forced myself to finish episode 5. Nice helicopters, I guess? Wiig is allowed barely a pair of 30-second gags (they are wonderful, classic Wiig, both her opening number and her "ad libbed" speech a few episodes later). However, the whole thing feels like it's resting just a bit heavy on the humor inherent in many of the situations. Too muchLooks great, but where are Forte and Wiig? I just forced myself to finish episode 5. Nice helicopters, I guess? Wiig is allowed barely a pair of 30-second gags (they are wonderful, classic Wiig, both her opening number and her "ad libbed" speech a few episodes later). However, the whole thing feels like it's resting just a bit heavy on the humor inherent in many of the situations. Too much of the dialogue is just exposition. If I were a professional critic or comic, I might take the time to go back, rewatch this plodding excuse for a talkie, come up with a few more devastating turns of phrase, and list the dozens of missed opportunities for this film's all-star cast to have landed any number of the kinds of quips we all know and love them for. Please do better next season. I want to hear "30 seconds, MacGruber!" at least twice in every episode, not once in five. I want about a thousand times more expert engineering and Tandying by Forte. And maybe pick up the pace in the editing room. Do I make myself perfectly clear? I love you all very much. (Last Man on Earth should have gotten another twenty seasons, change my mind.)… Expand

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#72 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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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
  1. 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]
  2. 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.
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  3. 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.
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