The Rehearsal

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 15, 2022
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 56
  3. Negative: 10 out of 56

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  1. geewah
    Sep 11, 2022
    6
    The first couple of episodes in this series start with so much promise before it slips into a rather dull and self-obsessive character study by it's end. A wasted opportunity to make something truly fantastic.
  2. jzathajenius
    Jul 19, 2022
    4
    (Review based on the first episode)

    Nathan For You never really grabbed me, and I suspect if you loved that show you're going to love The Rehearsal too. Conversely, if you didn't click with NFY, this is going to be pretty underwhelming, as it was for me. Interestingly, I ADORE 'How to with John Wilson'... I think that's such a clever and sincere study of the awkwardness and weirdness of    (Review based on the first episode)

    Nathan For You never really grabbed me, and I suspect if you loved that show you're going to love The Rehearsal too. Conversely, if you didn't click with NFY, this is going to be pretty underwhelming, as it was for me. Interestingly, I ADORE 'How to with John Wilson'... I think that's such a clever and sincere study of the awkwardness and weirdness of humanity, and you can definitely feel Nathan's fingerprints all over that show.

    The premise is ok, like its a very Reality TV style gimmick. The execution is just.....eh. Didnt laugh. Didnt cry. Kinda wished it was shorter. It all felt far too staged too, like very little of it felt authentic or organic.

    If its your thing, cool. Just wasnt for me.    … Expand
  3. moth3
    Sep 26, 2022
    4
    Incredibly entertaining narcisstic nonsense. I appreciate how Fielder is forcing his bros/fans to self-examine themselves. I hope he continues to take them further down the rabbit hole in season 2. It's jolly good fun to watch them squirm over on reddit.

Awards & Rankings

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#23 Best TV Season of 2022
34
#34 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Richard Brody
    Aug 9, 2022
    30
    In voice-over, Nathan expresses an odd bewilderment about his power to “create feelings for other people’s rehearsals” but not for himself. It’s a bewilderment that reflects the intellectual and emotional blankness at the center of “The Rehearsal.” ... His cleverness masks the hollowness of his schemes. No digression, no incidentals, no loose ends can intrude on Fielder’s taut, compact, self-contained sketches. He looks the Look at the people he films, but doesn’t seem to see them.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Shirley Li
    Jul 27, 2022
    95
    Through it all, you’re not entirely sure of what you’re seeing, but what you’re seeing is so oddly addictive, you can’t help but continue looking.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Kathryn VanArendonk
    Jul 19, 2022
    100
    It is meant to disorient the viewer, and it works. ... Most important, it feels true. It is true enough that as the rehearsals play out, as more and more twists and M.C. Escher–esque turns are introduced into the rehearsal process, your body registers them as true and responds accordingly. You cannot help but want to cringe because it’s so byzantine and so simultaneously emotionally naked. Like it or not, that sensation of bodily distress is the feeling of Fielder’s rehearsals succeeding.
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