Pretend It's a City
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 8, 2021
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12

Critic Reviews

  1. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jan 8, 2021
    55
    Pretend It's a City certainly yields its share of amusing thoughts and wry observations, many of which are worth recording for posterity. But it would take a great pretender to act like it's worthy of the time devoted to them.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Jan 7, 2021
    40
    “Pretend It’s a City” passes quickly, but that’s more condemnation than praise. Nothing that Lebowitz says in it does more than provoke, and that’s a reflex that fades with overuse.

Awards & Rankings

64
#64 Best TV Season of 2021
7
#7 Most Shared TV Season of 2021

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User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. UncleWillard
    Jan 28, 2021
    0
    I'll never understand what anyone finds compelling in anything Fran Liebowitz has to say. She's one of those people who's just an unwarrantedI'll never understand what anyone finds compelling in anything Fran Liebowitz has to say. She's one of those people who's just an unwarranted celebrity. If she wasn't talking about New York, Chicago or LA, no one would give a **** what she says. She is the embodiment of Katz's deli. Nice place to get a sandwich, but little or no value culturally.… Full Review »
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