- Network: HBO
- Series Premiere Date: Jun 21, 2015
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The series keeps generally on the right side of things by virtue of the excellence and exuberance of the performances, which add flesh where needed; by moving fast enough to keep ahead of your second thoughts; and by spreading the ridiculousness around.
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Some of the comedy borders on dark slapstick. Some favors absurdity.
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The series finds its comic stride in the fifth episode and becomes kind of fun. But that’s a long wait, and it’s easy to be discouraged by the way it starts.
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It has its moments of comedy that land, but the entire show, which is going for a Dr. Strangelove vibe, feels off. As political satire, it lacks the bite needed to really work.
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The Brink is just silliness. It takes a while to get used to that, but this broad humor may win over some viewers.
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“Ballers” and “The Brink,” have their moments, neither provides a lot of laughs.
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It tries to deliver a biting geopolitical satire about unconventional warfare with weapons that are depressingly conventional.
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Many of the erratic and seemingly random acting choices fall on inconsistent written characterizations, many fall on stars too big to be wholly steered and many have to be placed on the "Brink" directors.
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[The Brink] uses Black’s panicky jabber-talk style to set the pace for a frantic show that only occasionally slows down enough to be actually funny.
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The Brink's level of satire never really goes beyond "the most obvious jokes you can think of about every possible group of people on the planet," and its political messages essentially boil down to the idea that the end of humanity wouldn't be that cool.
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It’s a depressing waste of talent, although having so many talented people involved at least keeps The Brink watchable. It’s the writing that fails them.
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The show operates at a tone of constant hysteria, which, as justified as that may be, begins to feel exhausting.
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The Brink is a little too stale and disorganized to act as the “Veep” of foreign diplomacy, but it does provoke a chuckle here and there.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 59 out of 79
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Mixed: 13 out of 79
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Negative: 7 out of 79
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Jun 24, 2015
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Jun 22, 2015
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Jul 24, 2015