The Afterparty

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Season 1
  • Network: Apple TV+
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 28, 2022
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 4 out of 18
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  1. jamess
    Jan 30, 2022
    8
    Hurray for Lord and Miller. Sure, there are the Jump Streets, and Spiderman and the Lego Movie, etc etc etc. What The AfterParty reminds me of are their TV efforts like The Last Man On Earth. Take a high concept and cram in as much comedy as possible. Second hurrays for the team of Sam Richardson and Ben Schwartz, the amateur sleuths putting together their own investigation aside fromHurray for Lord and Miller. Sure, there are the Jump Streets, and Spiderman and the Lego Movie, etc etc etc. What The AfterParty reminds me of are their TV efforts like The Last Man On Earth. Take a high concept and cram in as much comedy as possible. Second hurrays for the team of Sam Richardson and Ben Schwartz, the amateur sleuths putting together their own investigation aside from officers Tiffany Haddish and John Early. The Roshamon style plot has attendees of a 15 year high school reunion telling their "mind movies" after the death of famous pop star/actor Xavier, played by Dave Franco in full douche mode. So far in the first three episodes we've had rom-com, a fast and furious parody and musical. It's the details that makes this hilarious. The Ike Barinholtz action movie parody has an actual pissing contest and is filmed in widescreen in the neon lit style of F & F, and of course it's about family. And I actually want to see Will Forte and Dave Franco's Hungry Hungry Hippo Movie. Can't wait to see what follows.… Expand
  2. bl1rt
    Feb 25, 2022
    2
    One of those shows that spends all its energy on being hilariously funny every single moment, it comes off trying way too hard while forgetting to have an engaging story or characters to care about.
  3. TvSonicSerbia
    Feb 2, 2022
    10
    A triumphant return to live action from Lord & Miller after extensive work in animation. Rewrites the book on how to direct, write and produce tv. The first time a tv show actually felt like a movie for me.
  4. geewah
    Nov 10, 2022
    6
    A show that starts with so much promise, but by it's conclusion has turned into a rather dull and unfunny affair. Could of been so much better.
  5. MetacriticOnur
    Mar 28, 2022
    3
    bad
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    not good in any manner or degree.
  6. SageOpine
    Mar 4, 2022
    2
    Only really enjoyed the first episode.All downhill from there.
    Lackluster ending

Awards & Rankings

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#92 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Andrew Crump
    Feb 21, 2022
    83
    There’s satisfying dexterity to the conceit, though “The Afterparty” still reads as subdued compared with other productions bearing the Lord & Miller name.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Megan Garber
    Feb 21, 2022
    80
    The show carefully calibrates shtick and insight. “Tell the story a certain way,” Zoë says to Danner, solemnly, “and any one of us could’ve done this. But tell the story in a different way, and none of us did this.” Lines like that—blatant exposition, not of plot but of premise—could easily wear thin. But just as the show starts to seem overly enamored of its conceit, it remembers its own genre: comedy.
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  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Feb 8, 2022
    80
    I’m loving “The Afterparty” on Apple TV+ for its playful approach to the whodunit. ... The cast also makes it fly, not surprisingly, with Tiffany Haddish, Ilana Glazer, Dave Franco, and Ike Barinholtz in the mix. Ben Schwartz — he was Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on “Parks and Recreation” — is joyfully nuts, with a song-and-dance episode that elevates the whole series.
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