The Brink

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 21, 2015
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 79 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 79
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 79
  3. Negative: 7 out of 79
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  1. Knighthawk81
    Jun 22, 2015
    4
    Getting big time actors alone won't make a show. Jack Black and Tim Robbins are talented performers, but "The Brink" gives them terrible characters and a middling story. How will this work as a show? Will anyone even care past the first couple episodes? There's the bones of a promising concept here, but it doesn't coalesce into something worthwhile in the pilot.
  2. juzzle
    Jun 25, 2015
    4
    Jezmos summed it up nicely "Not intelligent enough to be a watchable drama and not funny enough to be a watchable comedy". The show can't quite work out what it wants to be. Some characters appear to obvious satires, whilst others are semi-serious dramatic portrayals. I barely smirked once in the first episode.
  3. TheWaffle
    Jul 27, 2015
    5
    It started off promising, but a few episodes in the one-dimensional gags have grown stale. Episode 1 had some laughs, episode 2 had some chuckles, but now it's gotten predictable. A lot of small choices really cut into the high-stakes plot that the show tries to sell: the Secretary of State's wife's indifference to a potential nuclear exchange, the Secretary of Defense planning war from aIt started off promising, but a few episodes in the one-dimensional gags have grown stale. Episode 1 had some laughs, episode 2 had some chuckles, but now it's gotten predictable. A lot of small choices really cut into the high-stakes plot that the show tries to sell: the Secretary of State's wife's indifference to a potential nuclear exchange, the Secretary of Defense planning war from a hotel lobby, the Israeli PM telling us one thing and then we learn the opposite in the next scene. Lots of just poor writing that robs this dark comedy of its darkness and fails to deliver on the comedy. This feels like a four-minute SNL sketch that's been stretched into five hours of television.… Expand
  4. TheKiddy
    Aug 28, 2015
    4
    This is a bizarre and strange show. After watching 10 minutes of it I am wondering if there is something wrong with the sound or if I am going insane. I have no idea what this is about. And I keep hearing voice that are so nasal and.. it must be the sound. What is this show about?

Awards & Rankings

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#62 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015

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Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 30
  3. Negative: 7 out of 30
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jul 5, 2015
    60
    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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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Melissa Maerz
    Jun 30, 2015
    67
    Black spends too much time hugging with his eyebrows raised, and the writers go for easy jokes. [3 Jul 2015]
  3. The Lincoln Journal Star
    Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Jun 22, 2015
    100
    The Brink is whip-smart, featuring actors who know how to play comedy. This one’s a joy to watch.
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