One Mississippi
Amazon Prime | AMAZON | Release Date: November 5, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
IndieWireBen TraversSep 7, 2017
Season 2 Review: The six-episode sequel season is beautiful in its intentions and construction--a loving ode to a life made better by acknowledging the past to improve upon the future. Read full review
100
IndieWireBen TraversSep 9, 2016
Season 1 Review: All of these memories, painful and enriching, give the series a density equivalent to many dramas. Yet One Mississippi never sinks too far into the muddy river water thanks to its buoyant bits of comedy. Read full review
91
HitfixAlan SepinwallSep 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: As with Notaro's deadpan affect, the show seems to be holding itself in reserve and refusing to engage, yet the impact--on both the serious and silly sides--ultimately lands just as sharply as one of the punchlines from Notaro's act. It's all easygoing until it's anything but. Read full review
90
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushSep 23, 2016
Season 1 Review: Bold and darkly funny. [26 Sep 2016-2 Oct 2016, p.17]
90
VarietyMaureen RyanSep 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: Each cathartic confrontation near the end of the short but powerful season is meticulously earned, as is the weird sense of optimism that follows Tig around like the boxes of old clothes and mementos she can’t quite get rid of. The absorbing season finale is a fitting culmination of a show that is exceptionally assured in its debut season. Read full review
80
The New YorkerEmily NussbaumOct 3, 2017
Season 2 Review: A handful of fantasy sequences are hit or miss. But the show pulls off audacious characterizations. Read full review
80
The New York TimesMargaret LyonsSep 8, 2017
Season 2 Review: We have lots of depictions of what love is, and plenty more of what hate and indifference are, but One Mississippi captures the easy comfort of just liking people, be it romantically or socially or just as an amiable policy. Read full review
80
SalonMelanie McFarlandSep 8, 2017
Season 2 Review: A show that grows more confident with each new outing but never loses its sense of heart. Read full review
80
Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanSep 7, 2017
Season 2 Review: Notaro’s great at deadpan one-liners, which is where most of the humor in the series is generated. Much of the rest of the time, it’s lightly situational. Read full review
80
VarietyMaureen RyanSep 6, 2017
Season 2 Review: One Mississippi doesn’t land with heavy-handed force on the ideas and values it favors, but its world is so confidently rendered that it doesn’t have to. Read full review
80
SalonMelanie McFarlandSep 12, 2016
Season 1 Review: Getting to know these characters can be incredibly entertaining but, like the pets each keeps at arm’s length in their respective shows, they’re best experienced in limited doses. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzSep 9, 2016
Season 1 Review: It's at its best, perhaps, when showing the emotional complexities of family. Read full review
80
The AtlanticDavid SimsSep 9, 2016
Season 1 Review: One Mississippi is true to her [Tig Notaro's] personality as a performer: It explores painful topics, but with intense empathy for both its characters and its viewers, as if holding their hands through its toughest moments. Read full review
80
Yahoo TVKen TuckerSep 9, 2016
Season 1 Review: Notaro keeps the show moving along with a lot of low-key funny observations while always allowing for moments of seriousness and even sadness to enter into the mix. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraSep 9, 2016
Season 1 Review: It is not a perfect series; episodes stall here and there, or swerve into unnecessary flights of fantasy or absurd narrative developments, but then a moment of quietly huge revelation blows the story onto a whole other plane. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJames PoniewozikSep 8, 2016
Season 1 Review: A tender, occasionally funny, often moving entertainment about the grieving process. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertSep 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: Notaro is an appealing lead, if you like bone-dry humor and deadpan, which I do. She carries the show in her low-key way, and she, like the show itself, warms up a little bit more with each new episode. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergSep 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: One Mississippi is effectively quiet and understated in many of the ways that Transparent is demonstrative and confrontational, while both shows share an interest in family histories and personal pain. Read full review
80
Philadelphia InquirerEllen GraySep 2, 2016
Season 1 Review: Notaro, who survived a version of these events several years ago, has added tragedy and time to make the kind of comedy that feels both fresh and familiar. She's as appealing, and as low-key, an actress as she is a comedian. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubErik AdamsSep 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: One Mississippi has its flaws, but it goes further than any of Notaro’s previous work to show what it’s like to be that person. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandSep 6, 2016
Season 1 Review: There is more than enough room for every variety of comedy on TV today. The only requirement is that they be well made and engaging. That’s another item on the list One Mississippi can check off. Read full review
70
Vox.comEmily VanDerWerffSep 12, 2016
Season 1 Review: Even if One Mississippi doesn’t return for a second season, season one works beautifully as a muted story about what it means to come home and realize the person you once were, the person you thought you packed up in a box and stored away somewhere, is waiting right there for you to discover all over again. Read full review
60
Las Vegas WeeklyJosh BellSep 8, 2016
Season 1 Review: The fantasy sequences featuring Tig’s late mother can be a bit cheesy, but they represent a depth of feeling that Better Things is still reaching for. Both shows follow Louie’s example well, even if they don’t have as unique an artistic vision just yet. Read full review
60
ColliderAllison KeeneSep 1, 2016
Season 1 Review: One Mississippi’s pace and tone are casual and languid, like Tig’s own radio stories, but it’s also similarly personal and surprisingly intimate. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverSep 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: One Mississippi is so much like everything else that it fails to stand out. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredMitchel BroussardSep 7, 2016
Season 1 Review: One Mississippi ultimately feels like the fictional version of a true story--with comparative fictional emotions--rather than an honest depiction of Notaro’s struggles. Read full review
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