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Comedy vet Helms brings his confident energy to the role, and meets his match in co-star and relative newcomer Schmieding, who balances his rigor with a down-to-earth and equally captivating performance. ... There are a few chaotic moments (including an appearance by Paul F. Tompkins) that seem rushed, but the show finds its footing pretty quickly. Plus, it’s just a ton of fun. The series has a vibrant, heartwarming spirit.
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If Reagan and Nathan’s friendship is half of the reason to watch Rutherford Falls, let the sublime co-stars be the other half.
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Deft. ... As satire, “Rutherford Falls” is gentle rather than lacerating — even demons may be good people in Schur’s comic cosmology, may even be Ted Danson — and the story more personal than political. ... By not turning people into talking points, Ornelas, Schur and Helms leave their characters free to become who they are in complicated ways, rather than what they are in obvious ones — to stand for themselves.
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Rutherford Falls is a smart comedy that takes a view of indigenous people that most TV shows, even recent ones, have just not made the effort to take. It helps that Helms and Schmieding are appealing leads and have good chemistry as lifelong friends Nathan and Reagan.
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[Producer Sierra Ornelas'] fingerprints are clearly visible — highlighted, certainly, by the work of the five other Native American writers on the show — in the complexity written into all of these characters. ... "Rutherford Falls" may not be the funniest comedy on TV, but it uses its sweetness to draw us into necessary conversations about how we might better and more honestly Iive together.
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As has been the case on other Schur-produced shows, Rutherford Falls skillfully braids discussions of serious sociocultural issues with character-based comedy in ways that seem neither forced nor overly didactic.
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Smart and breezy and instantly likable.
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Apr 19, 2021An ambitious comedy series about the lingering tensions surrounding the story of America — as we tell it, and as it really was. ... It feels a little disappointing that the show is built around a somewhat clueless, borderline-annoying white dude. This isn't to say that Nathan is a bad guy.
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Genial charmer that quietly makes TV history.
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Where the sitcom shines — and, like early “Parks,” shows a promising upward trajectory — is in fleshing out the Minishonka community. ... The show’s biggest problem is structural, but it’s fixable. “Rutherford Falls” treats Nathan as a colead, but really Reagan is its center. She’s at the fulcrum of all the tensions, and Schmieding is an out-of-the-box charismatic star.
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Gentle but knowing satire about cultural appropriation. [26 Apr - 9 May 2021, p.7]
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“Rutherford Falls” has the building blocks to become a smart comedy hit. It just needs more time to build its characters’ relationships.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 2 out of 8
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Sep 22, 2022A rather mundane and dull affair that has a few funny moments, but for the whole most of the gags seemed rather forced and predictable.
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Jun 29, 2021Really enjoyed it. Funny characters well played without the meanness order awkwardness of some "comedies".
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May 17, 2021