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Modern Love

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Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Ratings

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Modern Love

Series Details & Credits

Prime Video | Release Date: October 18, 2019

Summary: The John Carney romantic comedy anthology series based on the New York Times column of the same name features a cast that includes Sofia Boutella, Gary Carr, Olivia Cooke, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tina Fey, John Gallagher, Jr., Andy Garcia, Julia Garner, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Cristin Milioti, Dev Patel, Andrew Scott, John Slattery,The John Carney romantic comedy anthology series based on the New York Times column of the same name features a cast that includes Sofia Boutella, Gary Carr, Olivia Cooke, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tina Fey, John Gallagher, Jr., Andy Garcia, Julia Garner, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Cristin Milioti, Dev Patel, Andrew Scott, John Slattery, and Shea Whigham.… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Metascore

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3

Critic Reviews

90

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Oct 14, 2019

Season 1 Review: Modern Love is an irresistible confection of perfectly cast, sensitively written and utterly enjoyable short stories that belie their brevity with deep emotion. [14-27 Oct 2019, p.10]

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Cleveland Plain Dealer

Mark Dawidziak

Oct 14, 2019

Season 1 Review: Like many an anthology series, it is a bit uneven, sometimes corny and clunky, sometimes wonderfully sweet and sentimental. But when on top of its game, “Modern Love” produces some magically romantic results. The touching first episode is enchanting proof of that. ... Another superb entry stars Dev Patel. Read full review

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Decider

Joel Keller

Aug 13, 2021

Season 2 Review: Season 2 of Modern Love is better than the first because Carney has decided to concentrate on more intimate stories, and not try to lean on huge names to get people’s attention. Read full review

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Slant Magazine

Niv M. Sultan

Oct 2, 2019

Season 1 Review: Modern Love’s strongest episodes feature well-defined, believable characters whose eccentricities generate, rather than preclude, a sense of familiarity. ... After episode three, however, Modern Love enters a disappointing lull. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Allison Shoemaker

Oct 18, 2019

Season 1 Review: The successes, minor and major, somehow make the missteps even more frustrating, because the ingredients for all the episodes are pretty similar. You take a column about someone’s personal experience, add a great cast, and attempt to dramatize that experience in 30 minutes. Yet somehow, only two are unabashed successes. Read full review

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Primetimer

Aaron Barnhart

Oct 18, 2019

Season 1 Review: Episodes begin disorientingly in the middle of something and build toward a reveal, which isn't a bad way to go when you have 25 minutes to tell a thousand-word story, but the payoff doesn’t always seem worth it. Read full review

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The Playlist Marya E. Gates

Aug 4, 2021

Season 2 Review: This latest season of “Modern Love” leaves its actors stranded in a barren wasteland bereft of anything remotely true. Read full review

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manningn15

Nov 16, 2019

This is my 2nd favorite new show of 2019 and is one of my top 10 favorite shows of all time. The stories were exceptionally well written and I loved how unique each one was. The music especially the opening theme was outstanding. My favorite episode was "Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am" thenThis is my 2nd favorite new show of 2019 and is one of my top 10 favorite shows of all time. The stories were exceptionally well written and I loved how unique each one was. The music especially the opening theme was outstanding. My favorite episode was "Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am" then it was "Hers Was a World of One", "When the Doorman Is Your Main Man", "At the Hospital, an Interlude of Clarity", "The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap", "When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist", "Rallying to Keep the Game Alive", and my least favorite episode was "So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?". The acting was phenomenal especially from Anne Hathaway, Christin Milioti, John Slattery, Laurentiu Possa, Olivia Cooke, Tina Fey, Catherine Keener, Julia Garner, Sofia Boutella, John Gallagher Jr., Dev Patel, Jane Alexander, Andrew Scott, Andy Garcia, James Saito, and Shea Whigham. Overall this first season was a A+.… Expand

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ylrcom

Oct 19, 2019

Its funny, its emotional Love the cast and the stories. Hoping for another season...

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Zarikz

Apr 15, 2021

The third episode

"Take Me As I Am, Whoever I Am" is the third episode of a Tv show named "Modern Love." It is about a girl named Lexi (Anne Hathaway) struggling in her relationships with people because she doesn't let them know her story completely. She is diagnosed with bipolar disorderThe third episode

"Take Me As I Am, Whoever I Am" is the third episode of a Tv show named "Modern Love." It is about a girl named Lexi (Anne Hathaway) struggling in her relationships with people because she doesn't let them know her story completely. She is diagnosed with bipolar disorder since she was 15, and the only Lexi people get the chance to meet is an energetic girl. But what makes her alone, and keeps people away, sometimes after a short time, is that they don't know about the other part of her life, the part that she is trying to manage through her life but keeps it away from them. When for the first time, she talks about it with a colleague, she describes the feeling as, "an elephant's taken one of its feet off my chest." This episode tries to show both sides of what is to face this condition. We would never totally feel the reality of what happens to a bipolar person, but we see how it affects one's life and relations. How important is it to talk and help each other and let people decide for themselves if they want to stay or leave. Anne Hathaway acts with all her heart, and one laughs and cries with Lexi through the episode. It shows a hopeful path for all of us that through talking and listening, and understanding, we can survive this journey called life.… Expand

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SonofMogh

May 11, 2022

A host of familiar faces portray a series of mawkish stories that attempt to be post-modern in the world of romcoms. There is nothing new here, they tell us stories about love in terms of passion and not settling for anything less. It just furthers the absurd fantasies of love thatA host of familiar faces portray a series of mawkish stories that attempt to be post-modern in the world of romcoms. There is nothing new here, they tell us stories about love in terms of passion and not settling for anything less. It just furthers the absurd fantasies of love that emotionally cripple the world at large.… Expand

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coolcrowe

Oct 21, 2019

How disappointing that a show named “Modern Love” consists of a bunch of stereotypical white straight couples. One episode is about an older gay couple, but it comes across like a straight person’s stereotype of what gay couples are like. Same with the one interracial couple. There’s nothingHow disappointing that a show named “Modern Love” consists of a bunch of stereotypical white straight couples. One episode is about an older gay couple, but it comes across like a straight person’s stereotype of what gay couples are like. Same with the one interracial couple. There’s nothing modern about this show, it’s not the year 2000 anymore and the creators of this show have shown how out of touch they are with what is modern. Unimaginative, targeted to straight white people. Miss it.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 2

61
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: August 13, 2021
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 1

66
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 18, 2019