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Mar 14, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Like “Transparent” and “Better Things,” it has the ring of seeming if not true, then true enough. Emotionally true. Part of that sense of genuineness comes from the show’s giddy specificity. ... The main reason Shrill lands is Bryant’s unfussy performance. She radiates the wounded hopefulness of someone who’s ready for the next chapter of her life, and by the end of the six-episode season, she’s there.
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Jan 24, 2020
Season 2 Review:
This season of "Shrill," much like the last, manages to find itself in a very sweet spot between true-to-life and heartwarming. It's sugared, but not saccharine, and as Annie says drunkenly at the roller rink, it's ready to have "a real honesty talk with you," the viewer.
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ColliderJan 24, 2020
Season 2 Review:
The real surprise this season is Patti Harrison‘s deliciously dark and bizarre office assistant Ruthie, hereby dubbed Ruthie the Ruthless, a wonderfull macabre agent of chaos. The scripting is also especially sharp in Season 2, with so many wry lines you’re likely to miss some of the best jokes your first time around.
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Mar 15, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Season 1 only covers enough time to break through the membrane of self-doubt holding her back. That may not be enough for viewers expecting a grand late bloom at the end of these six episodes; its too-short season closes in a place that lets viewers know Annie has just barely sprouted. And this creates the competing sensations of disappointment at Annie’s upswing at a significant turning point, one more suitable for a midseason reversal, and the delighted pang of wanting to see her living out loud, at long last.
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Mar 15, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Wherever Annie is at in accepting herself, she--and the show--is over misery, even as a way to amass sympathy or identification. The show also has a great supporting cast. ... But mostly the show has Bryant, who even when she’s playing self-obsessed--becoming a self-actualized human being may require a wee bit of egomania--is extremely appealing.
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Mar 15, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Always at the core of the show is the toxic, twisted relationship between Annie and the people who hate her for existing. ... In counterpoint to that twisted relationship is Annie’s evolving relationship with herself. That’s where the tenderness that is fundamental to this show’s ethos comes into play.
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Mar 14, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Six is not enough, and the final half-hour of the season arrives too soon. She clearly has more to offer than her excellent “SNL” sketch work. Amy Schumer has covered some of the same territory, but in a broadly comic way. Bryant has a light touch that buoys the humor, and she brings admirable restraint and sweetness to the drama. She’s a treat.
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ColliderMar 13, 2019
Mar 14, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Even when the series misses a beat or two, Bryant’s mega-watt personality keeps it moving. She’s one of the most winsome performers on SNL, and more than capable of holding down her own series; but Bryant and Shrill push beyond a slice-of-life comedy to set Annie on a compelling and hilarious journey.
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Mar 12, 2019
Season 1 Review:
There are several pivotal conflicts that would almost definitely land harder with more room to breathe; in fact, the last episode feels more like a penultimate chapter revving up to something bigger than the finale it actually is. But when Shrill warms up, it sparks in exactly the way that has made West’s fiery writing so satisfying over the years.
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Jan 22, 2020
Season 2 Review:
The show seems to have raced way past the idea that Annie shouldn’t be solely defined by her weight, and decided that it should no longer be a primary subject at all. Without that, and/or more significant character growth, there’s not a lot to the new season beyond the appeal of the performers.
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The GuardianDec 3, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Even as Shrill hits its stride by the end of the third episode, it never quite reaches the hilarity levels of concurrent comedies such as PEN15 or Big Mouth, which mine the absurd and meta for laughs. But those quibbles feel beside the point, and increasingly less noticeable the more you invest in Annie’s journey, which is more complicated, rollicky and emotional – that is to say, more human – than a straightforward sitcom.
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TV Guide MagazineMar 14, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Saturday Night Live's marvelous Aidy Bryant brings warmth and a zen grace to a role that's still a work in progress after only six episodes. [18-31 Mar 2019, p.13]
Mar 18, 2019
Season 1 Review:
A rom-com should, by its very nature, be fun and light without sinking too deep into heavy material; a rom-com can tell a satisfying story in just 90 tight minutes. And it’s easier to build a rom-com around a partially formed character than it is to build a TV show around one—because a rom-com seeks only a happy ending.
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