• Network: E4 , HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 28, 2020
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. Reviewed by: Liz Shannon Miller
    Jul 30, 2020
    83
    Maxxx serves as the TV equivalent of a summer beach read, as well as delightful proof of Fagbenle’s wide range of talents — this is the show he wanted to make, and it’s good silly fun. At this moment in time, that’s very, very welcome.
  2. Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Aug 3, 2020
    80
    Fame costs, and "Maxxx" spells out of the truth in that statement on several levels. That doesn't make a taxing view. On the contrary, the lithe runtime is designed to maximize impact while minimizing one's attention expenditure, making it as easy to breeze right by the little barbs as it is to binge.
  3. Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Jul 23, 2020
    80
    Maxxx is ferocious in its mockery of fame and the craving for it. The flip, funny six-episode series gives us a washed-up boy-band star, the titular Maxxx.
  4. Reviewed by: Allison Keene
    Jul 27, 2020
    78
    Maxxx is a breezily charming new entry into the canon of U.K. cringe comedy.
  5. Reviewed by: Ellen E Jones
    Nov 5, 2020
    60
    As a comic creation Maxxx is not as gloriously daft as Jamie Demetriou’s Stath in Stath Lets Flats or as pathetically deluded as The Office’s David Brent; he’s not, therefore, nearly as funny, either. But there is reason to trust in Fagbenle’s feel for his own character ... As the series progresses, what we lose in belly laughs might be made up in poignant moments or savage satirical insights.
  6. Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Jul 29, 2020
    30
    If you want to watch a cringey but hilarious show about the music business, go find Dave, which is also on Hulu. Maxxx will just make you cringe.