Please Like Me

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Season 1
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 57 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 57
  3. Negative: 8 out of 57
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  1. Canisrah
    Aug 3, 2013
    1
    Politically correct, self-indulgent, and saccharine, this snore-fest is more enamored with itself than it is with entertaining the audience. The lead comedian is a third rate wannabe in Australia whose only notoriety comes from trading on his sexuality rather than any actual talent.
  2. BingeWatcher
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    I personally found a lot of the "awkward" bits of the show unconvincing and too staged. The humour just did not feel natural. I love shows about Millenials trying to navigate relationships and life, especially when those shows have a dark and quirky humour. But Please Like Me was just unconvincing. I struggled to fully empathise with the characters, or even understand their motivations.I personally found a lot of the "awkward" bits of the show unconvincing and too staged. The humour just did not feel natural. I love shows about Millenials trying to navigate relationships and life, especially when those shows have a dark and quirky humour. But Please Like Me was just unconvincing. I struggled to fully empathise with the characters, or even understand their motivations. The show could have done a better job at creating more believable and complex characters and at telling a more complete story. Case in point, the main character dated a far more "attractive" man than he is and mysteriously breakes up with him (presumably because of a mix of insecurities and not seeing a future with him?), but this was poorly explored and the entire plot line around that seemed out of place. I wish this show had the same easy and relatable type of awkward humour and well-developed complex characters like the Netflix show Love.

    It felt like the show was being deliberately awkward and uncomfortable, as opposed to awkward and uncomfortable moments and situations coming up naturally, unintentionally and without being forced    … Expand

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Emily Nussbaum
    Sep 13, 2013
    70
    Much of the show’s appeal lies in the cast’s shaggy, naturalistic chemistry, which papers over the occasional imperfect plot turn.
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  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Aug 2, 2013
    70
    The pilot episode is more amusing than hilarious, but it's often delicately funny thanks to Mr. Thomas' odd duck character and his reactions to those around him. When Geoffrey (Wade Briggs) hits on him, he's flummoxed.
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  3. RedEye
    Reviewed by: Curt Wagner
    Aug 2, 2013
    88
    Please Like Me, unlike the much-praised millennial comedy "Girls," feels unpretentious and natural with fully-realized characters rooted in reality.
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