Search Party (2016)

E! | TBS | HBO Max | Release Date: November 21, 2016

8.2	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 26 Ratings

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truerockJan 10, 2022

I've completed watching all 5 seasons of Search Party.
Again, I find the casting to be among the best efforts I have experienced.
Casting directors Gayle Keller, Seth White, Cody Beke did exceptional work. The acting, directing, writing,I've completed watching all 5 seasons of Search Party.
Again, I find the casting to be among the best efforts I have experienced.
Casting directors Gayle Keller, Seth White, Cody Beke did exceptional work.
The acting, directing, writing, costumes, makeup, etc all came together to result in one of the most satisfying serious I have ever experienced.
I always find it hard to give comedies high ratings - but, I'm rating this series a 9 which I believe is probably the highest rating I have ever given a film of this genre.

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I am in the middle of season 3 and I have returned for the second time to raise my rating. I almost never rate any film - and definitely not comedies as high as a 9. The casting and directing of Search Party blows me away. This is one of the very few series I have rated as high as a 9. Acting and writing are solid 7s to 8s.

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Search Party is a sit-com involving a group of gen-z friends searching for a missing friend. I had never thought I would watch this series - but, it consistently gets favorable reviews - so, I watched season 1.

The casting is very good and makes me wonder why so many films have such bad casting.
Gayle Keller was the casting director and, in my opinion, she is one of the prime reasons Search Party is of such high quality. Seth White, Cody Beke continued the excellent casting in seasons 2 through 5.

Regardless, the good acting and good writing mesh well and make for some entertaining distraction.

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I'm halfway through season 3 and I came back to Metacritic to raise my rating from 7 to 8 - primarily on the strength of the directing.
But, the casting continues to empress me. In a scene near the end of season 3, episode 3 there is a meeting of 21 women. I re-watched the scene a couple of times because there was exactly 1 actor who was bad. She didn't have a speaking part - but, she stood out so much because she was surrounded by well cast actors. The bad actor was just sitting there doing absolutely nothing and almost ruined the scene.
I think casting directors think they can slip bad actors into a film and it won't make too much of a difference - but, it does.… Expand

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infinJul 11, 2020

This show is brilliant, outrageous and hilarious. It beautifully encapsulates the tragic narcissism of self-obsessed millennial types. There is even a gay wedding with the theme: Attention. Don't miss this show!

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kirkenderFeb 2, 2022

This show is fantastic and hilarious. Most comedies are lucky to get a single chuckle from me over the course of a season; Search Party gets several genuine laughs every episode. WATCH IT

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notor12Jul 8, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A lot of people say this show took a dark turn in Season 2, and to some degree it did. But I wonder what show those people were watching in Season 1, because it was always dark realism where the humor was rooted in the narcissism of the main characters. It's hard to make covering up a murder funny, but it works. The characters just keep digging deeper holes for themselves through their selfish behavior and the humor is in their kind of clawing desperation to keep finding ways out through more selfishness.… Expand

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Victor_MagnusSep 2, 2020

This is one of the funniest shows that no one talks about enough, with a great cast that make you forget that they are acting. Give it a watch.

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