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Superb, funny and wonderfully spot-on.
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Leary is perfectly cast as the middle-aged wastrel with a modicum of talent and an ego the size of the Trump Tower.... Much of the show can’t be quoted. Many of the jokes you can see coming at you from the Zakim Bridge. They’re still funny.
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It promises to be quite a juggling act, with Leary as balls-out as ever in the early going of his latest daring enterprise.
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Leary, one of the sharpest comic writers in television, has a feast on this stuff, lampooning the infirmities of his geezer characters even as he lashes out at the current rock generation with the fury of a scorned old hippie.
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The songs aren’t all terrific, but like “Rescue Me” at its best, S&D&R&R succeeds both as wild, uncontrolled, absurdist comedy and touching, quiet personal drama.
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The show’s salty-sweet themes of loyalty and redemption contrast nicely with the vile comedic speeches Leary has made a career out of delivering.
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For those who appreciate a good joke about Bon Jovi's guitarist, or other arcane music trivia, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll delivers. Those who enjoy Leary's particular talent for spitting out great dialogue like it tastes bad will also find this one easy to watch.
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[Dinosaur-rock] cliches still pack a comedic punch because, well, they're just so outlandish and evocative. The key is to bring some fresh twists to them, and for the most part, Leary's bunch succeeds in doing so.
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His targets and tone may occasionally come across as creaky or cranky. But the jokes and the sentiment seem honest, and the older-man howls may strike those who have tired of the media's incessant and insipid pandering to Millennials as a welcome change of pace.
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Gillies is great when going toe to toe with Leary, and she can sing to boot. As for Leary, well, he’s playing himself again, and if you’re fan, you’ll love it, and if you’re not, you won’t.
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Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll may not be easy to swallow, but it digests comfortably.
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This one's helped considerably by the casting of Gillies--whose character, it turns out, actually can sing--and Corbett, who's as smooth as Leary is rough.
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Still fun in fits and starts, the series begins with enough energy to help it coast along, abetted by rock cameos that provide an additional helping of street cred.
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Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll settles for a lot of broad comic situations, building off Johnny’s inability to function as a normal person. And yet the series has a certain scrappy charm, which is just as attributable to Leary as its faults.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 71 out of 83
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Mixed: 8 out of 83
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Negative: 4 out of 83
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Jun 25, 2016
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Jul 1, 2016
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Aug 31, 2015