Neighbors (2026)

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 13, 2026
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8

Critic Reviews

  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Feb 13, 2026
    60
    The characters are objects of morbid curiosity or, maybe, pathos. But certainly not envy. The series is a guilty kind of pleasure, though the pleasure is mostly grounded in a realization that you are not them.
  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Feb 13, 2026
    50
    Less inviting and contemplative than aggressive and giddy, its priority isn’t to ask the audience to step outside their own perspective and examine how their behavior may contribute to similar hostilities. It’s to dig up and amplify conflict — a provocative design that holds attention, but offers far less to ponder than Safdie’s other, more dynamic projects.
  3. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Feb 12, 2026
    50
    While there is undoubtedly some “Tiger King”-grade entertainment observing a conspiracy theorist verbally spar with a “Lord of the Rings” cosplayer, so much of the behavior displayed in “Neighbors” is unpleasant to behold.