Platonic
Apple TV | Release Date: May 24, 2023
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
32
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: There is just something about Rogen’s nice Canadian Jewish boy shtick that works well with Byrne’s repressed party-girl sensibility. And the duo’s odd-but-not-really couple chemistry is made all the better when the actress is allowed to use her natural Australian accent. Read full review
100
ColliderEmily BernardMay 11, 2023
Season 1 Review: Rogen and Byrne’s rapport as they seamlessly navigate the many highs and incredible lows that come with having a best friend in adulthood makes for one of the strongest new TV shows of the year. Read full review
91
The PlaylistChristian GallichioJul 31, 2025
Season 2 Review: In short, the decision to continue focusing on these two [Will and Sylvia] has led to one of the best ensemble shows on right now. Read full review
90
The Daily BeastNick SchagerAug 5, 2025
Season 2 Review: Rogen and Byrne are so ideally well-paired—his ragamuffin slacker wiseassery meshing perfectly with her frazzled put-together anxiety and wannabe-cool awkwardness—that they make it TV’s most steadfast laugh-out-loud affair. Read full review
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)Nicholas QuahJul 31, 2025
Season 2 Review: There’s a layer of lived-in specificity that gives the show unexpected texture, body, and room to grow. It walks a fine line between depth and lightness, substance and ease, and feels like a show that could run for years. Lucky me: I would happily consume five more seasons of this. Read full review
90
ColliderJeff EwingJul 31, 2025
Season 2 Review: It's a strong season that cements Platonic as one of the best, breeziest, most enjoyable comedies on television. Read full review
90
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMay 23, 2023
Season 1 Review: A series about rediscovering joyful solidarity in the face of misery, and the bittersweetness of transcending that tumultuous stage, it’s a triumph of heartfelt humor—and reconfirmation that Rogen and Byrne are an unbeatable team. Read full review
88
The Mercury NewsRandy MyersMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: As terrific they [Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen] are, the script and the direction match their talents and challenge them. Just be prepared to binge all three episodes and be eagerly await more to come. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 22, 2023
Season 1 Review: Rogen is his comfort zone and delivers some of his finest work as the cynical yet idealistic Will, and Byrne reminds us of her crackling good physical comedy skills as the somewhat floundering Sylvia. Read full review
84
TV GuideKeith PhippsMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: Future seasons of Platonic would certainly be welcome, but this one is satisfyingly self-contained. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubCindy WhiteMay 19, 2023
Season 1 Review: Platonic doesn’t break any molds, but it’s nice to see another example of a breezy comedy that’s not afraid to let its characters be human and even unlikable at times. Read full review
83
The PlaylistBrian TallericoMay 17, 2023
Season 1 Review: “Platonic” works because it balances subtle character beats for Byrne and Rogen with its broad, sitcomish set-ups. Read full review
80
Screen RantGreg MacArthurAug 29, 2025
Season 2 Review: Rogen's Will is the closest rendition of his classic stoner comedy persona since 2019's Long Shot, which hits all the right kinds of nostalgia for aging millennials, even if the shtick is getting a bit old. Read full review
80
Rolling StoneAlan SepinwallAug 6, 2025
Season 2 Review: Every now and then, Platonic leans a bit too hard on scenes where Will and Sylvia panic and begin screaming at each other about their latest catastrophe. But even some of those louder gags are terrific. Read full review
80
The TelegraphKeith WatsonAug 6, 2025
Season 2 Review: Everyone around Will and Sylvia gets jealous of their special relationship as a given, the comedy flip-flops between broad slapstick – in scenes oddly reminiscent of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em, things inevitably go belly up whenever the pair get together – and the slyly subtle. Read full review
80
The GuardianRachel AroestiAug 5, 2025
Season 2 Review: The show now asks whether Will and Sylvia should continue their mildly dysfunctional friendship. This question doesn’t provide quite enough direction or dramatic substance: the storylines are circular, the bickering is repetitive and there’s a distinct streaming-era bagginess to proceedings. Still, there remains a lot to enjoy here. Read full review
80
The TimesJames JacksonAug 5, 2025
Season 2 Review: In short, it’s smart, funny and has more about it than your average “will they, won’t they?” rom-com. Read full review
80
RogerEbert.comRichard RoeperAug 4, 2025
Season 2 Review: “Platonic” is sweet and light and makes for perfect late summer viewing. Read full review
80
The TimesCarol MidgleyMay 25, 2023
Season 1 Review: It's well written, well paced, well acted and doesn't even fall into the trap of putting her in an unhappy marriage. .... Here's a comedy worth your time. Read full review
80
SlateDana StevensMay 25, 2023
Season 1 Review: What Platonic gets right about the romantic-comedy genre, though, ultimately makes up for the show’s shortcomings. This show understands that, in art as in life, one of the great joys the world has to offer is the act of hanging out with someone who truly gets you, sharing french fries, in-jokes, and stories of your often boring, occasionally magical lives. I appreciated, too, the matter-of-factness with which both leads are presented as potential objects of romantic desire. Read full review
80
TimeJudy BermanMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: Platonic sneaks up on you. Each half-hour episode moves at a punchy pace. The dialogue is mostly sharp. Best of all, Byrne and Rogen are hilarious together—and the sense that they’re having a great time makes their misadventures a lot of fun to watch. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: The really intoxicating ingredient in the show, when bubbling energetically, is the heady and disarming chemistry between Ms. Byrne and Mr. Rogen. Read full review
80
The GuardianLucy ManganMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: It is not quite the platonic ideal of a modern buddy comedy – some episodes are a bit baggy and drain momentum, although it always picks back up – but it’s close. Read full review
80
DeciderNicole GallucciMay 22, 2023
Season 1 Review: Plot lines don’t veer too far into WTF territory without a payoff. Through vulnerability and introspection, Platonic strikes a nice balance between lighthearted and serious storylines. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanMay 16, 2023
Season 1 Review: If the half-hours run a bit shaggy with ambling riffs about the secret to speedy sex or the cheesy delights of a Johnny Rockets-style restaurant, it’s fun simply to spend time in the company of two people who so clearly get each other. Read full review
75
The Mercury NewsRandy MyersAug 6, 2025
Season 2 Review: The primary reasons to tune into the sophomore season of Apple TV+’s thoroughly enjoyable but risk-adverse series about the exploits of the likable but L.A. neurotic besties Syliva (Rose Byrne) and Will (Seth Rogen) are: 1. Byrne. 2. Rogen. 3. Luke MacFarlane. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubSaloni GajjarJul 31, 2025
Season 2 Review: The series ultimately moves at a breezy pace and is rooted in laughs, crafting a chill, low-stakes story along the way. It can be tough to watch Will and Sylvia act selfishly, but they’re also charming, sincere, and relatable, making the pair worth sticking with. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyKristen BaldwinMay 11, 2023
Season 1 Review: Platonic mainly serves as a showcase for the considerable rapport between its leads, both of whom are clearly having a blast razzing each other like sarcastic siblings. Read full review
70
RogerEbert.comNick AllenMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: Even when “Platonic” can be too enamored with its minor victory of simply representing a different kind of love, Byrne and Rogen will then do something together that’s funny or sweet or endearing. You can’t fake chemistry like that. Read full review
67
IndieWireSteve GreeneMay 25, 2023
Season 1 Review: The answer that “Platonic” gives for most of its season is a playful shrug. It’s shaggy, and sometimes admirable, but if you’re going to take that approach, you better have a stellar, top-to-bottom hangout crew to take it from there. Read full review
66
Paste MagazineTara Bennett May 23, 2023
Season 1 Review: Platonic works best as a character study of two people who just get one another, major flaws and all. But as a great comedic series, it’s ultimately less satisfying or thought-provoking than one would hope. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: Platonic is a far better show when it focuses on its characters’ shenanigans than on social commentary. Read full review
60
DeciderJoel KellerAug 6, 2025
Season 2 Review: While we’re still not fully on board with the relationship at the center of Platonic, we can see where it might be going in the second season, and it’s a direction that makes a whole lot more sense for Will and Sylvia as their lives shift and change. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Barbara EllenSep 10, 2024
Season 1 Review: The banter occasionally verges on crude, and other characters (such as Luke Macfarlane as Sylvia’s husband) are a mite underwritten. Still, even in lulls the comic snap of Rogen and Byrne’s chemistry is enough to keep the cylinders firing. Read full review
60
iMarianne LevyMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: Whether it will join the league of Friends, New Girl and Will and Grace remains to be seen. But it is certainly off to a promising start. Read full review
60
CNNBrian LowryMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: Yet Platonic operates in such a minor key it’s hard to escape the feel of another vanity project to feed the hungry altar of streaming. The net effect is a show, perhaps appropriately, that’s easy enough to like, and almost impossible to love. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesLorraine AliMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: Beyond the draw of its main stars, “Platonic” is a middling comedy with plenty of the same gags you’ve seen before. Read full review
40
The TelegraphAnita Singh May 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: There is potential here. Set pieces can be enjoyably silly, and some of the comedy is nicely-observed. .... But mostly the writing feels too smug. Read full review
30
VarietyAlison HermanMay 24, 2023
Season 1 Review: It’s left with the worst of both worlds: neither the laughs of the former nor the insight of the latter. Two unpleasant people hanging out can be a good TV show. (Rest in power, “Difficult People.”) “Platonic” just isn’t. Read full review
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