The Brink
HBO | Release Date: June 21, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
13
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Lincoln Journal StarJeff KorbelikJun 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: The Brink is whip-smart, featuring actors who know how to play comedy. This one’s a joy to watch. Read full review
91
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJun 19, 2015
Season 1 Review: An explosively funny satirical descendant that can hit home without being even slightly preachy about it. Mostly, though, have fun with both the madcap characters and the notion that one of the Pakistani demands in play is a full membership with the Augusta National Golf Club. Read full review
80
The WrapDiane GordonJun 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: The dialogue is smart, biting and sporadically funny as it convincingly argues that its strange fiction is truth and turns the wartime stuff of our nightmares into the blackest of comedy. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: Consistently entertaining, if not hysterical, and plotted with care, so that three distinct story lines dovetail nicely. Read full review
75
Reason.comGlenn GarvinJun 19, 2015
Season 1 Review: The manic Brink can be exhausting and overbroad, but it also has moments that are acutely, if childishly, funny. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubErik AdamsJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: There’s smart plotting at work, and keen observational skills when it comes to showing who’s truly in power, but it takes a squishy stance on the issues at hand, a “nuclear warfare bad” perspective that makes for agreeable comedy but ineffectual satire. Read full review
75
USA TodayRobert BiancoJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: The show may err toward silliness, but the cast is uniformly good, and every so often a wry jab at American parochialism or some funny throwaway line will catch you by happy surprise. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJun 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: Much of it works very well because of the casting and, to some extent, character direction. The pacing is a bit flaccid here and there, but most of the jokes are worth waiting an extra beat for. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: The humor's not nearly as pointed as it is in Veep, but if you like Jack Black being Jack Black, you should like him here, too. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyMelissa MaerzJun 30, 2015
Season 1 Review: Black spends too much time hugging with his eyebrows raised, and the writers go for easy jokes. [3 Jul 2015]
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