The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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Season 4
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17

Critic Reviews

  1. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Alexandra Pollard
    Feb 18, 2022
    60
    It makes for absorbing viewing, and Brosnahan throws herself into it with admirable force, her stand-up patter getting better with every season – but it does at times make it hard to enjoy being in Midge’s company.
  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Rebecca Nicholson
    Feb 18, 2022
    60
    While the first two seasons were a lot of fun, Mrs Maisel found herself in a rut during the third, which paired huge set pieces with a meandering plot and episodes that felt far longer than they were.
  3. Under The Radar
    Reviewed by: Lily Moayeri
    Feb 16, 2022
    60
    The fourth season of the 1950s-into-1960s period comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel gets off to a shaky start.
  5. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Feb 16, 2022
    60
    If you can tolerate Brosnahan’s mile-a-minute delivery, which doesn’t let up even when she’s arrested for soliciting, there are some great ensemble scenes.
  6. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Kevin Fallon
    Feb 21, 2022
    50
    After setting the show and the character forth on a pretty thrilling trajectory for the first three seasons, this new one is a complete reset. As in, Midge Maisel is in exactly the same situation she was when we first met her: single, desperate, and obstinately pursuing a career in comedy even though she can’t land a gig or respect.
  7. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Feb 18, 2022
    50
    Not your best stuff, at least based on the first few episodes. In fact, it just feels like you're hitting the same one-liners all over again.
  8. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Dan Rubins
    Feb 16, 2022
    50
    The series tries to have it both ways: Midge is overwhelmed by her sudden need to pinch pennies, but the camera still luxuriates, untroubled, in the palacial aesthetics of her apartment. The lens should be focused on restoring her conscience, not her wallet.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Feb 16, 2022
    50
    The main character is coasting on her greatest hits, the show is coasting on its greatest hits and so my review is mostly that the things I like about the show remain, the things I don’t like about the show remain and there isn’t enough that’s different to shake it out of a rut.
  10. Decider
    Reviewed by: Meghan O'Keefe
    Feb 16, 2022
    40
    It gives me no pleasure to share that the show is now fixated on its characters complaining problems of the characters’ own making. In one episode, Midge literally thinks her biggest problem is not getting free milk. Worse, the once guillotine-sharp dialogue that made the Sherman-Palladinos favorites amongst TV snobs has been replaced with nonsensical dialogue that constantly loops back on itself.

Awards & Rankings

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#91 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

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User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. SusanL
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    There’re a lot icon times in this season. Every character is doing what they should do. They focus on their career and i love that!
  2. raorian
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    this show used to have better writing, and a good ratio of message to comedy. now it's too much message and too little funny. shame... notthis show used to have better writing, and a good ratio of message to comedy. now it's too much message and too little funny. shame... not really any good sitcoms these days.… Full Review »
  3. MetacriticOnur
    Mar 30, 2022
    6
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